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New catalysts for detoxifying water by use of sunlight: EU project with 3.7 million Euro funding
Only light, aerial oxygen, and a catalyst are needed to remove pollutants from water. RUB researchers led by Prof. Radim Beránek collaborate with colleagues…
Gold squeezed into micro-Velcro
Velcro consists of one surface with loops, and another with hooks that latch onto the loops, joining opposing surfaces strongly. A miniaturised version of…
Controlled crumpling of graphene forms artificial muscle
The lattice, known as graphene, is made of pure carbon and appears under magnification like chicken wire. Because of its unique optical, electrical and…
Penn Metamaterials Experts Show a Way to Reduce Electrons’ Effective Mass to Nearly Zero
Now, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have come up with a theory for moving this phenomenon onto the quantum scale, laying out blueprints for…
Improving Nanometer-Scale Manufacturing with Infrared Spectroscopy
One of the key achievements of the nanotechnology era is the development of manufacturing technologies that can fabricate nanostructures formed from multiple…
The HINTS project "Next Generation Hybrid Interfaces for Spintronic Applications"
The project HINTS, launched last 1st June 2011, has achieved its first year of life. The first results have been achieved and have been presented in Valencia,…