Nanotechnology

Applying machine learning to automated characterisation of atomically-thin materialsCredit: FLEET Just as James Cameron's Terminator-800 was able to discriminate between "clothes, boots, and a motorcycle", machine-learning could…

Researchers exploring the interactions between light particles, photons and matter find that optical microresonators host quasiparticles made by two photons.Credit: University of Bath Scientists at the University of Bath in the UK…

New Cleveland Clinic-led research published in mBioCredit: Cleveland Clinic CLEVELAND - Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health have developed a promising new COVID-19 vaccine…

Credit: STFC The Cockcroft Institute (CI), a partnership between the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde, and the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), has been awarded more than £11 million…

A system with a scanning function was applied for peptides containing D-amino acid residuesCredit: Hisako Sato, Ehime University Currently, the roles of free D-amino acids and D-amino acid residues in proteins are garnering extensive…

Tel Aviv University researchers connect a real locust ear to a robotCredit: Tel Aviv University A technological and biological development that is unprecedented in Israel and the world has been achieved at Tel Aviv University.…

Gene editing delivery method in mice suggests possible one shot treatment of high cholesterolCredit: Tufts University The genome editing technology CRISPR has emerged as a powerful new tool that can change the way we treat disease.…

Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, Current Applied Materials. The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of the year, 2021. The Editor-in-Chief of the journal…

The total amount of data generated worldwide is expected to reach 175 ZB (Zettabytes; 1 ZB equals 1 billion Terabytes) by 2025. If 175 ZB were stored on Blu-ray disks, the disk stack would be 23 times the distance to the Moon. We face the…

Credit: 2021 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine February 26, 2021 - Kawasaki, Japan: The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Prof. Kazunori Kataoka, Location: Kawasaki in Japan, Abbreviation: iCONM) reported…

Quantum science advancement could help lead to powerful spintronic devices, such as semiconductors and quantum computersCredit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Graphene is incredibly strong, lightweight, conductive ... the…

New flexible X-ray sensor suitable for next-generation medical and industrial applicationsCredit: Ou Xiangyu X-ray imaging is widely used in areas such as healthcare and forensic science, but existing X-ray machines are unable to…

Graphene Flagship researchers boost the efficiency of conductive inks and devices connecting layered materials flakes with small moleculesCredit: University of Strasbourg The exfoliation of graphite into graphene layers…

The next generation of supercomputers - including quantum computers - is at a crucial point: Tomorrow's high-performance computers are at their physical limit in terms of miniaturization of their components; at the same time, they must be…

An international team has shown through a sensational experiment how diverse the possibilities for employing synchrotron light sources are.Credit: Tsinghua University The most modern light sources for research are based on particle…

The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to the two scientists who developed new nanomaterials with applications in solar energy and cutting-edge electronicsCredit: BBVA FOUNDATION The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge…

Tapping into a plant's microbiome may protect it from harsh growing conditionsCredit: Matt Jensen LOGAN, UTAH -- One solution to agriculture's many challenges -- climate change-induced drought, less arable land, and decreased…

Credit: University of California A team of researchers designed and manufactured a new sodium-ion conductor for solid-state sodium-ion batteries that is stable when incorporated into higher-voltage oxide cathodes. This new solid…

System would spot minute amounts of airborne virus and report in real time HOUSTON - (Feb. 22, 2021) - Researchers at Rice University have received funding for up to $1 million to develop a real-time sensor system able to detect minute…

The article by Dr. Mereen H. Fahmi Rasheed et al. is published in The Open Civil Engineering Journal, 2021 In civil engineering, flexural beams are used to control the effect of vibrations that can cause cracks to appear in surfaces…