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New ultrathin device powered by everyday motion

September 24, 2017
News
Researchers in the US have created a new ultrathin energy harvesting system that can be powered by human motion.
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science
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Warning over dangerous coal-based nanoparticle

August 22, 2017
News
Potentially dangerous nanoparticles produced through coal combustion have been discovered by scientists in the US. These titanium suboxide nanoparticles are as small as 100 millionths of a metre. Unless captured...
Materials
Nanotechnology
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Zinc oxide crystals

July 10, 2017
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This image displays the intergrowth of Zinc oxide crystals.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Analytical Chemistry, Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Focal Point, Geology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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Bringing the Sun down to Earth

July 10, 2017
Feature
Technical difficulties, experimental dead-ends and eye-watering development costs – yet the gargantuan challenge of taming nuclear fusion power is certainly within reach says Dr Andrew Kirk as he talks us...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, In Depth, Materials, Materials Science, Physics
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New conducting sheets hint at smaller electronics

June 19, 2017
News
Smaller electronic devices could be possible after scientists discover a new way to create extremely thin and reconfigurable electrical conducting sheets.
Materials
Nanotechnology
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Using chemistry to get knotted

May 18, 2017
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Chemists at the University of Manchester have managed to tie a rather unusual knot – in fact it is the most complex molecular knot ever made. Professor David Leigh tells...
Chemistry, Materials
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Interviews, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Flexible superconductor developed

May 2, 2017
News
Experimental physicists in Germany have developed an ultrathin, flexible nanomaterial with superconducting properties.
Materials
Nanotechnology
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New hydrophobic product created

April 24, 2017
News
A new self-healing, water-repellent coating has been developed that could be used on a much wider range of surfaces than currently available.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Materials Science
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Where’s our wonder material?

April 11, 2017
Feature
Never has materials science had such a high profile – something almost entirely down to the advances made with graphene. Yet, where is it all? One of the snags to...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, In Depth, Materials, Materials Science
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Material science advancement after tightest knot created

January 31, 2017
News
Scientists at the University of Manchester have created the tightest knot ever achieved, opening up a potential avenue for a new generation of advanced materials.
Chemistry, Materials
Chemistry, Materials Science
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