Internal interfaces in the Li3N/[LiNH2 + 2LiH] solid-state hydrogen storage system alter the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reaction pathways upon nanosizing, suppressing undesirable intermediate phases to dramatically improve kinetics and reversibility.
Superamphiphobic and durable coatings on woven/non-woven surfaces for repelling many types of liquids.
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
For the first time, the activity of an enzyme in a crowded environment vs a nonencapsulated enzyme is studied.
A chemically assisted focused-helium-ion-beam-induced etching process is introduced.
An exciting new strategy and direction in the quest for stronger permanent-magnet materials with fewer critical elements.
With help of in situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction patterns, a method to grow high quality MgB2 films on whole Si wafers by adopting a self-limiting growth process is demonstrated.
Biological composites are reviewed, such as bone, teeth, and nacre, along with a description of their structure, chemistry and mechanics, and a detailed analysis of the fundamental design motifs of natural materials.
Incorporation of nanomaterials within hydrogels has great potential, as a simple approach, to generate multifunctional scaffolds with unprecedent biological, mechanical, and electrical properties.
An introduction to the mechanisms governing internalization and trafficking in cells; and a discussion of methods to detect endosomal escape and recent advances in controlling endosomal escape from polymer- and lipid-based nanoparticles are presented in this recent Review.
New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
Scientists take a closer look at rare particles called hypernuclei
French WEST reactor breaks record in nuclear fusion
Higgs boson may be driving the Universe’s expansion
Researchers take a glimpse at the structure of rare tetraquarks
Black hole images deliver a deathblow to alternative theory of gravity
CERN scientists search for new physics in unusual energy patterns linked to hidden particles
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?