Ultrathin graphene oxide lens could revolutionise next-gen devices

Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, collaborating with Monash University, have developed an ultrathin, flat, ultra-lightweight graphene oxide optical lens with unprecedented flexibility. The ultrathin lens enables potential applications in on-chip nanophotonics and improves the conversion process of solar cells. It also opens up new...

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Low-cost nanomembrane a new option for high-temperature fuel cells

Obtaining energy from fuel cells is an important issue nowadays to conserve the environment and membranes play the role of electrolyte in fuel cells and are solid electrolytes in proton exchanging fuel cells, which allow the pass of ions. Researchers from New Energies Research Center of Amirkabir University...

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Molecular diagnostics at home: Chemists design rapid, simple, inexpensive tests using DNA

Chemists at the University of Montreal used DNA molecules to developed rapid, inexpensive medical diagnostic tests that take only a few minutes to perform. Their findings, which will officially be published tomorrow in the ("A highly selective electrochemical DNA-based sensor that employs steric hindrance effects to detect proteins directly in whole...

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