Researchers produce smart fabric to neutralize nerve gas

A groundbreaking development has the potential to thwart chemical warfare agents: smart textiles with the ability to rapidly detect and neutralize nerve gas.

Spray-on electric rainbows: Making safer electrochromic inks

An innovation with water allows electrochromic conjugated polymer films to be applied more safely.

Boron nitride foam soaks up carbon dioxide

Materials scientists have created a light foam from two-dimensional sheets of hexagonal-boron nitride (h-BN) that absorbs carbon dioxide.

Candy cane supercapacitor could enable fast charging of mobile phones

Supercapacitors promise recharging of phones and other devices in seconds and minutes as opposed to hours for batteries. But current technologies are not usually flexible, have insufficient capacities, and for many their performance quickly degrades with charging cycles. Researchers now have found a way to improve all three problems in one stroke.

Gold shines through properties of nanobio sensors

Researchers have shown that the fluorescence is an intrinsic property of the gold nanoparticles themselves.

Nanoengineers show how micromotors treat a bacterial infection in the stomach

These micromotors swim rapidly throughout the stomach while neutralizing gastric acid and then release their cargo of antibiotics at the desired pH.