Nanopore technology achieves breakthrough in protein variant detection
Protein chains are fed through an engineered nanopore, with subtle variations in structure detected through the modulation of tiny electrical currents.
Aug 1st, 2023
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Faster thin film devices for energy storage and electronics
An international team finds new single-crystalline oxide thin films with fast and dramatic changes in electrical properties via Li-ion intercalation through engineered ionic transport channels.
Aug 1st, 2023
Read moreA novel laser slicing technique for diamond semiconductors
The new technique uses laser pulses to slice diamond into thin wafers, paving the way for its adoption as a next-generation semiconductor material.
Aug 1st, 2023
Read moreMaking structures on 2D materials with a 3D printer
A new method for creating nanopatterns on layered materials.
Aug 1st, 2023
Read moreSeeing light elements in a grain boundary: A further step in unravelling materials' properties down to the atomic scale
Scientists develop a workflow and code to characterize defects in steels.
Aug 1st, 2023
Read moreUsing sound waves to image nanostructures
Sound waves that have tiny wavelengths can be detected using a special electron microscope.
Aug 1st, 2023
Read moreNanotechnology assisted retina cell breakthrough could help treat blindness
Researchers have achieved a groundbreaking breakthrough by utilizing nanotechnology to construct a 3D 'scaffold' capable of cultivating cells from the retina.
Jul 31st, 2023
Read moreEngineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials
Made of cement, carbon black, and water, the device could provide cheap and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources.
Jul 31st, 2023
Read moreStick-to-itiveness: Building blocks spontaneously construct 3D objects in solution
Engineers show self-organization of sticky micron-to-mesoscale 3D structures in confined fluids.
Jul 31st, 2023
Read moreWhen electrons slowly vanish during cooling
Researchers observe an effect in the quantum world that does not exist in the macrocosm.
Jul 31st, 2023
Read moreCan rainbows monitor the environment?
New nanotechnology may make it easier to identify the chemical composition of impurities and their geometrical shape in samples of air, liquid and live tissue.
Jul 31st, 2023
Read moreAbsence of universal topological signatures in high harmonic generation
Scientists have found no evidence of any universal topological signatures after performing the first ab initio investigation of high harmonic generation from topological insulators.
Jul 31st, 2023
Read moreInnovative light enhancement in nanoscale structures could aid cancer detection
Researchers show how an engineered nanostructured surface can be used to trap micro and sub-micron particles within seconds, which helps in the transport of analytes to biosensing surfaces.
Jul 28th, 2023
Read moreEngineers use diamond microparticles to create high security anti-counterfeit labels
The team created diamond-based anti-counterfeiting labels that are unique and known in the industry as PUFs - Physically Unclonable Functions.
Jul 28th, 2023
Read moreHow atomic nuclei vibrate
Using ultra-high-precision laser spectroscopy on a simple molecule, physicists have measured the wave-like vibration of atomic nuclei with an unprecedented level of precision.
Jul 28th, 2023
Read more'Andreev chemistry' on a nanowire
Researchers have generated superconducting pair states of electrons on several segments of a nanowire, separated by grown barriers. Depending on the height of the barriers, these pair states can be coupled and fused.
Jul 28th, 2023
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