Science

World's smallest spirals could guard against identity theft

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This is a scanning electron microscope image of a single Archimedean nanospiral.

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Graphene: the wonder material of the 21st century

Bendable and transparent smart phones, lighter air planes... All this and much more could soon become reality thanks to graphene. On 2 June, MEPs discussed with experts the potential of using the wonder material in various sectors, from electronics to...

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How natural channel proteins move in artificial membranes

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Natural channel proteins move sideways in a thick artificial membrane that condenses around the channel proteins.

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QLEDs meet wearable devices: Korean scientists develop ultra-thin deformable QLEDs in the wearable platform

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Chemical Solutions Replaced with Herbal Extracts in Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

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New sensing tech could help detect diseases, fraudulent art, chemical weapons

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The technology (depicted above) consists of a thin film of silver or aluminum that acts as a mirror, and a dielectric layer of silica or...

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Thin coating on condensers could make power plants more efficient: Graphene layer one atom thick could quadruple rate of condensation heat transfer in generating plants

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An uncoated copper condenser tube (top left) is shown next to a similar tube coated with graphene (top right). When exposed to water vapor...

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Researchers synthesize magnetic nanoparticles that could offer alternative to rare Earth magnets

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A transmission electron microscope image of the newly synthesized CoFe2C rods that contain an assembly of nanoparticles.

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