To remove micropollutants such as pesticides and trace chemicals from the environment, you need something equally small and cunning. One potential method is photocatalysis, which uses semiconducting ...

Chiral gold nanostars show how molecular asymmetry transfers to high-symmetry nanoparticles, producing structures with distinctive optical behavior and enhanced molecular detection. (Nanowerk ...

Light hits a gold particle, which then emits light into a glass fiber -- into only one direction. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Horiba has developed a particle size distribution measuring device that accurately measures particle size distribution even in the presence of similar-shaped particles. The device uses image ...