Chemists have developed an efficient and stable sensor for the toxic industrial chemical hydrazine using carbon-coated zinc nanorods

Chemists have developed an efficient and stable sensor for the toxic industrial chemical hydrazine using carbon-coated zinc nanorods
Europium titanate thin films – simultaneously both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic – have great potential in electronics
Forensic DNA testing against a database could become as simple as matching fingerprints, making bail decisions more straightforward
Environmental clean-up, medical diagnosis and chemical analysis could all be done with microdevices powered by bubbles
The enzyme nitrogenase converts nitrogen into ammonia but surprisingly it can also reduce CO to organic compounds
Fuel cell catalyst based on supported Pt nanoparticles is resistant to CO poisoning and is more active than commercial products
New, carbon-based nanoscale platform to electrically detect single DNA molecules has been developed
Accumulation of gylcerol in the cells of tree frogs could shed light on human cryogenics
C60 and C70 have been discovered in space by using the infrared spectrograph on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
Detection of counterfeit notes is possible by direct analysis of Brazilian real, US$ dollar, and euro bills using ambient mass spectrometry