Researchers in India have demonstrated a wet chemical process to recover silicon with high purity from end-of-life solar ...

In the animal kingdom, few are as sticky as geckos. Their ability to scamper up walls and across ceilings is delightful to ...

In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have developed the first controlled method for exciting and observing ...

A team of US researchers shut down a geoengineering experiment meant to cool down the Alaskan Arctic over environmental risks.

However, researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a way to utilize that energy by placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto the silicon solar cell. By diluting particles of ...

Herein, we propose that the cracking resistance of the coating can be enhanced through the incorporation of hydrophobic silica nanoparticles. The hydrophobic silica nanoparticles were fabricated by ...

2200°C). Flame reactors are used today for the industrial-scale production of soot, pigment-titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide particles. – In plasma reactors, plasma (ionized gas) provides the ...

Another exciting area of personalized medicine is using nanotechnology for gene therapy. Gene therapy involves altering or ...

Kelvin waves have been a mystery for decades but a new method involving superfluid helium-4 can help us control them.

Slips and falls account for millions of injuries each year. Researchers in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces took ...

The richness of silicon chemistry is amazing; new discoveries arise continuously in this field. And although the surface area of 1 g of sand particles is extremely small, the internal surface area ...

Prof Kevin M Ryan has been appointed as the new vice-president of research and innovation at the University of Limerick.