Dr. Fan Yang and Prof. Guo-Jun Zhang from Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, and co-workers, engineer a trans-scale biosensing interface capable of ultrasensitive microRNA detection.
![Trans-Scale Biosensing Interface for Ultrasensitive Detection [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/adfm201706981_ASN_image.jpg)
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Thermal Camouflage: Illusion Meta-Devices
Camouflage, illusion or cloaking devices, once deeply rooted in science-fiction, can make an object appear “invisible”. A novel technique for thermal illusion meta-devices is reported.
New Energy Efficient Plasma Process to Generate Syngas
A team of Korean researchers established an energy efficient dry reforming process using a rotating arc plasma to produce synthesis gas.
Joined Forces Enable More Flexibility
OLEDWorks partners with BASF to introduce new OLED lighting technology with high efficiency and high flexibility.
Photogravitactic Microswimmers
Artificial photochemically-active microswimmers, with 2D or 3D swimming behavior, can also swim against gravity.
![Moisture-Resistant Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Low-Cost Dye [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/aenm201703007_ASN_image.jpg)
Moisture-Resistant Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Low-Cost Dye [Video]
Dopant-free, moisture-resistant hole-transport materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells based on derivatives of the dye anthanthrone (ANT) are developed by Sagar M. Jain from Swansea University Bay Campus, Prashant Sonar from Queensland University of Technology, and co-workers.
Laying Waste to Oil Spills
An international team have used waste cooking oil from a university cafe to make a cheap, effective material for absorbing oil from seawater.
Nature-Inspired Surface and Materials Research at Beihang University
A recent special issue of Advanced Materials, issue 45 in 2017, was dedicated to highlighting nature-inspired surface and materials research at Beihang University in Beijing, China.
New Customized Compostable Materials
A Spanish consortium of indutry and science is seeking for new compostable materials for mass-market single-use products like tableware, packages and single-use bags.
Cloak of Inv sib ity
A true invisibility cloak would encompass an object, and manipulate light, in a manner such that it traveled around the object, rather than reflecting off it. A recent paper reports some exciting progress toward such a design.
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