Complex 3D nanoscale architectures based on DNA self-assembly can conduct electricity without resistance and may provide a platform for fabricating quantum computing and sensing devices.
Nov 10th, 2020
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Scientists examined a highly efficient thermoelectric material in a new way - by using light.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Scientists have uncovered details of how the bacterial propeller, known as the flagellum, switches between counterclockwise and clockwise rotation, allowing it to control its movement. The findings include a model that shows structural changes happening within portions of the flagellar motor.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a tiny device that paves the way for higher performance quantum computers and quantum communications, making them significantly faster than the current state-of-the-art.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Scientists develop a simple method that mimics plant motion to get paper to 'fold itself' after printing.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Scientists formulate a novel strategy to predict the lifetime of nanolithography molds through changes in the contact angle of water on the mold surface.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Nanoparticles could cross the blood-brain barrier to deliver drugs to the brain.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Researchers report on how magnets and magnetic signals can be coupled more effectively and steered by electric fields. This could result in new, environmentally friendly concepts for efficient communication and data processing.
Nov 9th, 2020
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A physicist discovers the Hall effect in an antiferromagnet, which - according to current theories - is impossible.
Nov 9th, 2020
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To ensure that sepsis patients receive appropriate antibiotics as quickly as possible, researchers have developed a diagnostic procedure that uses high-throughput sequencing of blood samples and delivers results much faster than conventional culture-based techniques. Thanks to the latest single-molecule sequencing techniques, this process has now been further improved so that pathogens can be identified after just a few hours.
Nov 9th, 2020
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A research team has developed a new method for creating metal-organic framework (MOF) thin films that can be applied to sensors and electric devices.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Making such purely organic, atomically precise hollow molecular spheres or cages is synthetically challenging. Now, researchers have successfully developed a template-free, one-pot synthesis of a porphyrin-based gigantic organic cages composed of multi-porphyrin units.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Atomic clusters are composed of several atoms of the same or very few different elements. Which conditions lead to the formation of atomic clusters? When and how do they fragment? These questions have been investigated by researchers.
Nov 9th, 2020
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New research findings show that besides their applications in bioimaging techniques as phosphorescent markers, the new platinum nanocrystals may also have an application in biomedicine: to encapsulate water-insoluble drugs.
Nov 7th, 2020
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A new approach combines statistical inference, optimization theory, and computational materials physics to design new materials without large amounts of existing data.
Nov 7th, 2020
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Germanium Telluride is an interesting candidate material for spintronic devices. In a comprehensive study, researchers have now revealed how the spin texture switches by ferroelectric polarization within individual nanodomains.
Nov 7th, 2020
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