A novel fuel cell catalyst comprising cobalt-platinum alloy nanoparticles on a composite substrate uses much less platinum than current catalysts.
30 December 2018
Natural spider silk gives up some of its secrets
28 December 2018Laurie Donaldson
A new catalyst made of nanometer-thin sheets of metal carbide can generate hydrogen from water just as efficiently as platinum-based catalysts.
27 December 2018
Microfluidic foam generation system for enabling customizable and "wet" foams in tiny amounts
26 December 2018Laurie Donaldson
Nuclear Materials & Energy has been accepted for indexing in Clarivate’s Science Citation Index Expanded.
20 December 2018Callum McGuire
By studying how peptides assemble, researchers have discovered that some materials can avoid the nucleation barrier by growing one row at a time.
20 December 2018
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18 December 2018Xingcai Zhang
Scientists have developed a blend of two polymers, one conducting and one insulating, that can conduct electricity at temperatures up to 220°C.
18 December 2018
Congratulations to Prof M Stanley Whittingham.
16 December 2018Stewart Bland
By adding sodium to a lead-free all-inorganic perovskite, physicists have produced a single material that can produce white light.
13 December 2018
Scientists have developed a liquid crystal elastomer with auxetic properties, meaning it gets thicker when stretched.
12 December 2018
Multiferroics and topological materials have produced a new energy-efficient transistor called a magneto-electric spin-orbit (MESO) device.
10 December 2018
bridging the gaps between aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes with metal atoms boosts electrical conductivity in a new direction
6 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
Nanoantibiotics could provide new ways of treating drug-resistant 'superbugs' and reducing the amounts of traditional antibiotics used
5 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
A novel thin-film material can rapidly transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to an insulator without changing its atomic structure.
3 December 2018