Totally repellent - Quick and easy coating process makes surfaces omniphobic

Scientists have introduced a new method for making transparent, dirt-repellant coatings that can be applied very quickly and easily. The coatings repel both water and oily liquids and are stable at higher pressures and temperatures.

What effect do plastic nanoparticles have on the marine environment?

New research will look at the effect which even the most microscopic plastic particles can have on the marine environment.

A sensitive approach to atom counting

Measurements of scattered photons can be used to detect the number of atoms trapped in the troughs of an optical lattice.

Graphene microphone outperforms traditional nickel and offers ultrasonic reach

Scientists have developed a graphene based microphone nearly 32 times more sensitive than microphones of standard nickel-based construction.