An international team of physicists are re-examining the foundations of quantum physics from the perspective of momentum and exploring what happens when the momentum of light is reduced to zero.
Apr 28th, 2022
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Scientists have developed an acid-based solvent that simplifies carbon nanotube processing in a way that's less toxic and easy to scale up for industrial applications.
Apr 27th, 2022
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A recent study reveals a new mechanism to transfer the chirality between molecules in the nanoscale field.
Apr 27th, 2022
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Scientists have tried to develop a silver coating for implantable medical devices to protect against infection, but they've had limited success. A recent study describes a new, long-acting silver-ion releasing coating that, in rats, prevents bacteria from adhering to implants and then kills them.
Apr 27th, 2022
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Researchers have designed cell-sized mechanical devices that can be introduced into cells and prevent them from dividing.
Apr 27th, 2022
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Researchers report a synthetic hydrogel bioadhesive from a variety of polymer precursors, featuring instant formation of tough biointerface, allowing for wet and robust adhesion with highly dynamic biological tissues.
Apr 27th, 2022
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Researchers have discovered one-way superconductivity without magnetic fields, something that was thought to be impossible ever since its discovery in 1911. The discovery makes use of 2D quantum materials and paves the way towards superconducting computing.
Apr 27th, 2022
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Scientists develop a new approach for miniaturization of soft ultra-compact and highly integrated sensor units for directional tactile sensitivity in e-skin systems
Apr 27th, 2022
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In the search for novel types of superconductors scientists are investigating materials that consist of multiple layers. Physicists have studied in detail the properties of a system of three twisted graphene layers and gained important insights into its properties.
Apr 27th, 2022
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Monitoring photo-excited electrons in real time with nanometer sensitivity reveals strengths and weaknesses in a common light-harvesting material.
Apr 27th, 2022
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The flexible, thin-film device has the potential to make any surface into a low-power, high-quality audio source.
Apr 26th, 2022
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Researchers report wood-derived semiconductors that can be tuned for use in a range of sustainable electronic devices.
Apr 26th, 2022
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Microscopic understanding of wettability can be achieved at the molecular level using 'vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy'.
Apr 26th, 2022
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Hollow structured nanomaterials are promising in the fields of adsorption, catalysis, energy storage and drug delivery/controlled release, owing to their high porosity, large surface area and abundant inner void space. Researchers have developed a new strategy to synthesize single-hole hollow carbon nanospheres.
Apr 26th, 2022
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Collective behavior and swarm patterns are found everywhere in nature. Robots can also be programmed to act in swarms. Researchers have developed collectives of microrobots, which they can move in every formation they wish.
Apr 26th, 2022
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By combining technologies originally designed for high-energy particle accelerators and astronomy observations, researchers can now for the first time analyze the elemental makeup of samples without damaging them, which could be useful for researchers working in other fields.
Apr 26th, 2022
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