Researchers combine nanoplasmonic architectures and interferometry to bring nanoscale biosensors to near-commercial levels of sensitivity.
Even more flexible metallic glass
Scientists are working toward even stronger and more elastic glass types which would fail in a ductile fashion instead of shattering.
Programmable metamaterial has custom vibration response
Vibration-damping material can also specifically conduct certain frequencies.
Understanding staph's relationship with nanostructures
Berkeley Lab-led research could guide the development of bacteria-resistant materials.
Nanoparticles enable eye drops for macular degeneration treatment
Drugs used to treat blindness-causing disorders could be successfully administered by eye drops rather than unpleasant and expensive eye injections.
BASF opens new R&D centre in Mumbai, India
Will focus on organic synthesis, advanced process and formulation research, discovery chemistry for modern agricultural solutions, and molecular modelling.
Large-scale manufacturing of chitosan bioplastics
Research team paves way to scale up manufacturing of large objects using a fully compostable bioplastic made from shrimp shells.
Large-scale power storage system made from reused batteries
The company Sumitomo Corporation completed the world’s first large-scale power storage system made from reused electric vehicle batteries in Japan.
The next step towards large-scale artificial photosynthesis
Berkeley Lab researchers identify key intermediate steps in artificial photosynthesis reaction.
Cu(In,Ga)Se2 outperforms multicrystalline silicon
Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells have now reached a high efficiency level with a new record efficiency of 20.8 %.