Superlensing without a super lens: physicists boost microscopes beyond limits
New technique could be used in medical diagnostics and advanced manufacturing.
Oct 17th, 2023
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Art with DNA - digitally creating 16 million colors by chemistry
Researchers succeeded in creating fluorescent duplexes that can generate any of 16 million colors - a work that surpasses the previous 256 colors limitation. This very large palette can be used to 'paint' with DNA and to accurately reproduce any digital image on a miniature 2D surface with 24-bit color depth.
Oct 17th, 2023
Read moreUshering in the era of light-powered 'multi-level memories'
Storing and manipulating electronic states in quantum dots measuring 10 nanometers or less.
Oct 17th, 2023
Read moreScientists demonstrate ultrafast photoemission from carbon nanotube emitter
Using carbon nanotubes' atomic structure, it is possible to create ultrafast electron sources nearing time-energy limits, allowing probes with sub-angstrom spatial and femtosecond time resolution, crucial for applications like attosecond electron microscopy.
Oct 17th, 2023
Read moreDrug-delivery technique for brain cancer shows growing promise
A new technique to deliver medication through the blood-brain barrier has shown promise in a preclinical study for treating glioblastoma, the most common human brain cancer.
Oct 16th, 2023
Read moreFocus on perovskite emitters in blue light-emitting diodes
Researchers advance blue PeLEDs, aiming to match the efficiency of their red and green counterparts.
Oct 16th, 2023
Read moreTransition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes promise leap beyond carbon nanotubes
Researchers developed boron nitride nanotube templating techniques to efficiently synthesize high quality single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes with controlled composition and chirality. This enables tailoring electronic properties.
Oct 16th, 2023
Read moreTiny memory cell withstands extreme temperatures
Novel ferroelectric material enables smaller and better semiconductors for next-generation semiconductor devices
Oct 16th, 2023
Read morePhotonic crystals bend light as though It were under the influence of gravity
The findings have far-reaching implications for the world of optics and materials science, and bear significance for the development of 6G communications.
Oct 16th, 2023
Read moreSolving quantum mysteries: New insights into 2D semiconductor physics
Scientists have unlocked fresh insights into the behaviour of quantum impurities within materials. The new, international theoretical study introduces a novel approach known as the 'quantum virial expansion', offering a powerful tool to uncover the complex quantum interactions in two-dimensional semiconductors.
Oct 16th, 2023
Read moreFabrication of nanoscale photonic crystals with ultrafast laser
Researchers have developed a method for fabricating photonic crystal structures based on nanoscale femtosecond laser multi-beam lithography by tightly focusing a multi-beam light field with controllable three-dimensional spatial distribution inside a crystal and combining it with chemical etching.
Oct 16th, 2023
Read moreResearchers develop tiny nanoSABERs to aid battle against cancer
New technology allows clinicians to visualize tumors in their entirety, which could improve cancer imaging and outcomes.
Oct 15th, 2023
Read moreStudy hints at new way to improve on spintronics for future tech
In a new breakthrough, researchers have used a novel technique to confirm a previously undetected physics phenomenon that could be used to improve data storage in the next generation of computer devices.
Oct 13th, 2023
Read moreUsing SERS technology to accurately monitor single-molecule diffusion behavior
Researchers devise gold nanorod platform to passively trap and continuously monitor single molecules using dynamic SERS, revealing new insights on nano-confined molecular behavior.
Oct 12th, 2023
Read moreAn electrical switch to control chemical reactions
Scientists discovered how to use an external electric field to control and accelerate a chemical reaction, like a 'switch'. This work could have a considerable impact on the development of new molecules, enabling not only more environmentally friendly synthesis, but also very simple external control of a chemical reaction.
Oct 12th, 2023
Read moreA stretchable high-resolution user-interactive synesthesia displays for visual-acoustic encryption
Researchers have developed a stretchable synesthesia display that simultaneously produces sound and light, promising transformative applications for wearables, mobile tech, and IoT.
Oct 12th, 2023
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