Scientists have developed a novel material that possesses both spontaneous magnetization and electric polarization.
27 August 2015
A novel form of graphene with embedded metallic nanoparticles makes a useful fuel cell catalyst.
26 August 2015
A new fabrication method allows unstable 2D materials to be isolated as single atomic layers for the first time.
26 August 2015
A team of judges have completed the evaluation of nominees for the 2014 Acta Student Awards.
25 August 2015Subhash Mahajan
Tuning band gap in black phosphorus for better semiconductors.
24 August 2015Laurie Donaldson
A new method of gene sequencing.
24 August 2015
21 August 2015Emmanuelle Marquis
Electronic devices that use DNA to harvest energy from motion.
21 August 2015Laurie Donaldson
Dutch chemists have developed a novel kind of polymer than can report when it changes shape.
18 August 2015
Using high-pressure conditions, scientists have induced colossal magnetoresistance in a pure sample of lanthanum manganite.
17 August 2015
The softness of a new dry silicone rubber can be tailored to match a variety of biological tissues.
14 August 2015
Scientists have developed a new energy-efficient catalyst for converting carbon dioxide directly into the liquid fuel methanol.
14 August 2015
Scientists have developed a new hydrogel that stretches and contracts in response to changing temperature.
14 August 2015
An iron-telluride material can develop superconductivity with no long-range electronic or magnetic order when ‘doped’ with sulfur.
12 August 2015
Nanoparticles with a solid shell and a ‘yolk’ inside that can change size make a good anode for rechargeable batteries.
11 August 2015
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how to generate magnetism in metals that aren’t naturally magnetic.
7 August 2015
Scientists have developed an entirely new material spun out of boron, nitrogen, carbon and oxygen.
7 August 2015
Researchers have found that catalysis and wetting, two processes, which had been considered unrelated, are in fact closely linked
6 August 2015
Scientists one step closer to understanding how certain materials display high oxygen mobility at room-temperature.
6 August 2015Laurie Winkless
A research team has found that catalysis and wetting, which had been considered unrelated, are in fact closely linked.
6 August 2015
Researchers have developed a new capacitor dielectric material that provides an electrical energy storage capacity rivaling certain batteries.
5 August 2015
Researchers, have shown how nature uses a variety of pathways to grow crystals that go beyond the classical, one-atom-at-a-time route.
4 August 2015
Research team has made electrically conducting fibers that can be reversibly stretched to over 14 times their initial length.
3 August 2015