nanotechnology

How Graphene Could Turn Air Into Energy

Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Graphene can easily allow protons to pass through it, researchers have found. The discovery could open the door to a whole new type of energy production.

Conducting ink can boost solar thermal by 70% for a few dollars

Posted in Business on 1st Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers have created a nanoparticle-rich, conducting ink that they have used to coat pipes of solar water heaters to increase their efficiency by up to 70 percent.

Biodegradable implant could simplify bone replacement surgery

Posted in Medicine on 31st Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new biodegradable graft material could take the place of actual bone, for the treatment of fractures or other injuries.

Self-propelled powder designed to stop severe bleeding

Posted in Science on 4th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

The first self-propelled particles capable of delivering coagulants against the flow of blood to treat severe bleeding, a potentially huge advancement in trauma care.

How to make 3D objects totally disappear

Posted in Science on 30th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

An ultra-thin invisibility 'skin' cloak that can conform to the shape of an object and conceal it from detection with visible light has been developed.