Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material

Researchers have developed the world's thinnest metallic nanowire, which could be used to miniaturise many of the electronic components we use every day.

Ginseng nanoparticles for cancer treatment

A recent nanomedicine editorial states that use of ginsenoside nanoconjugates could be a promising candidate against cancer and various other diseases, such as inflammation, osteoporosis and obesity in the future.

Nanoparticle release from self-cleaning cement

New figures on how much titanium dioxide nanomaterial could be released into the environment from photocatalytic cement - a new type of self-cleaning cement - are presented in a recent study.

Synthesis of molecular hydrogen: Novel method sets benchmark for platinum-free electrocatalysts

A just published study describes a new approach to revolutionize the production of molecular hydrogen. This gas is considered to be one of the most promising energy carriers of the future.

Shapeshifting materials: Using light to rearrange macroscopic structures

Using self-assembling molecules, researchers report new self-assembling molecules that can transform into novel, exotic and previously unobserved shapes by simply using UV light to force them to rearrange differently into metastable states.

Sensors detect disease markers in breath

A small, thin square of an organic plastic that can detect disease markers in breath or toxins in a building's air could soon be the basis of portable, disposable sensor devices. By riddling the thin plastic films with nanopores, researchers made the devices sensitive enough to detect at levels that are far too low to smell, yet are important to human health.

Graphene-nanotube hybrid boosts lithium metal batteries

Scientists have created a rechargeable lithium metal battery with three times the capacity of commercial lithium-ion batteries by resolving something that has long stumped researchers: the dendrite problem.