Capturing molecular motion with relativistic electrons

The world's fastest images of nitrogen molecules rotating in a gas were captured using electron diffraction.

A nanoscale method for cross-species comparison of biological surfaces

Researchers develop a method for cross-species comparison of biological surfaces.

Researchers develop 'designer' chemical separation membranes

Researchers are developing new technologies for membrane separations, which have a wide-range of applications in industry for instance in the purification of oil and natural gas, desalination, solvent nanofiltration and CO2 capture.

Using nanostructured filters to reduce shipping pollution

Cargo ships are among the leading sources of pollution on the planet. A low-cost solution for reaching the new targets may come from a start-up, which is developing a nanostructured filter for use in a ship?s exhaust stacks.

Silicon nanoparticles pave the way towards nanoscale light emitters

Scientists have experimentally demonstrated that silicon nanoparticles are able to significantly increase the intensity of what is known as the Raman effect.

Clues on the path to a new battery technology

Charging produces highly reactive singlet oxygen in lithium air batteries.

A compact, efficient single photon source that operates at ambient temperatures on a chip

Highly directional single photon source concept is expected to lead to a significant progress in producing compact, cheap, and efficient sources of quantum information bits for future applications.