From snowflakes to quartz, nature's crystalline structures form with a reliable, systemic symmetry. Researchers have shown that it's now possible to control how crystals grow - including interrupting the symmetrical growth of flat crystals and inducing them to form hollow crystal spheres.
May 1st, 2020
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Scientists demonstrated that 'nanostimulators' - nanoparticles seeded with a molecule the body naturally produces to prompt stem cells to heal wounds - can amp up stem cells' regenerative powers in a targeted limb in mice.
May 1st, 2020
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An international research team is the first to successfully separate two ions with very, very small size differences, a major advancement in separation science with widespread potential application.
May 1st, 2020
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Research has found that bilayer graphene is much softer than multi-layered graphite.
May 1st, 2020
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Researchers have gained insights into a promising material for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The substance enables high light yields and would be inexpensive to produce on a large scale - that means it is practically made for use in large-area room lighting.
May 1st, 2020
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Researchers have developed a completely new method for twisting atomically thin materials, paving the way for applications of 'twistronics' based on tunable 2D materials.
May 1st, 2020
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This work showed a new way to fabricate flexible graphene-based pressure sensors with comprehensive performance via a low-cost process.
May 1st, 2020
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New research suggests that a novel magnetism-based drug delivery approach could help ensure drugs are not removed from where they are needed in the body.
Apr 30th, 2020
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Engineering researchers have created ultrathin, stretchable electronic material that is gas permeable, allowing the material to 'breathe'.
Apr 30th, 2020
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Scientists propose a method that can help solve problem of controlling over the mixing speed: they decided to use the so-called radiation pressure.
Apr 30th, 2020
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Researchers find that a promising photoelectrode material for producing hydrogen using sunlight can be made even better by increasing its surface roughness.
Apr 30th, 2020
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In a multidisciplinary study, scientists have developed an approach to prevent plaque formation by engineering a nano-sized device that captures the dangerous peptides before they can self-assemble.
Apr 30th, 2020
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Researchers revealed the magnetic states of nanoscale gyroids, 3D chiral network-like nanostructures. The findings add a new candidate system for research into unconventional information processing and emergent phenomena relevant to spintronics.
Apr 30th, 2020
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For the first time, an international team of researchers succeeded in demonstrating the previously unknown structure of magnetic skyrmion tubes in 3D. This knowledge makes it possible to better understand the formation and destruction of skyrmions and to use the magnetic structures in spintronic storage devices.
Apr 30th, 2020
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Controlling the interactions at the interface of a magnetic/topological insulator heterostructure is an outstanding challenge with implications in fundamental science and technology. New resesearch has shown that ligands from metal-organic molecules can be used to tailor the properties of these interfaces.
Apr 29th, 2020
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Scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind nanoparticle-based in vivo imaging technique that may one day be used to help diagnose and even treat cancer.
Apr 29th, 2020
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