Tiny, light-powered wires to modulate brain's electrical signals
A new study offers a new avenue to shed light on - and perhaps someday treat - brain disorders.
Feb 21st, 2018
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Single atoms in nano-cages
Tiny cages can trap and release inert argon gas atoms, allowing their further study and providing a new way to capture rare gases.
Feb 21st, 2018
Read moreMEMS chips get metatlenses
Combining metasurface lenses with MEMS technology could add high-speed scanning and enhance focusing capability of optical systems.
Feb 21st, 2018
Read moreSplitting crystals for 2D metallic conductivity
Adding oxygen atoms to a perovskite-like crystal material splits it into layers, giving it unique electrical properties.
Feb 21st, 2018
Read moreBuilding a nanoscale filter using DNA
Inspired by biological filters, scientists have designed and built a nanometre-sized pore that helps us to better understand the complex way by which cells transport genetic material and viruses.
Feb 20th, 2018
Read moreA quadrillionth of a second in slow motion
Observing and controlling ultrafast processes with attosecond resolution.
Feb 20th, 2018
Read moreComputers aid discovery of new, inexpensive material to make LEDs with high color quality
Scientists have used data mining and computational tools to discover a new phosphor material for white LEDs that is inexpensive and easy to make.
Feb 19th, 2018
Read moreC'mon electrons, let's do the twist!
Identifying right-handed and left-handed molecules is a crucial step for many applications in chemistry and pharmaceutics. An international research team has now presented a new original and very sensitive method.
Feb 19th, 2018
Read moreSeeing the future of new energy materials
Using advanced NMR spectroscopy methods to guide materials design.
Feb 19th, 2018
Read moreFlexible warped nanographene developed for bioimaging
A new water-soluble nanocarbon triggers cell death when exposed to light.
Feb 19th, 2018
Read moreUltrathin, highly elastic skin display shows electrocardiogram readings
Device displays electrocardiogram recorded by skin sensor, holds promise for home healthcare applications.
Feb 19th, 2018
Read moreMany colors from a single dot
Physicists show how even a separate single nanoparticle can be used to emit different colors of light.
Feb 19th, 2018
Read moreContacting the molecular world through graphene nanoribbons
Scientists create the tiniest magnetic device contacted, made of a single molecule.
Feb 16th, 2018
Read morePolar bear hair inspires nanotechnology enhanced thermal textile
Inspired by the microstructure and thermal insulation function of the polar bear hair, scientists have used a freeze-spinning technique to continuously fabricate silk fibroin solution into a fiber with aligned porous microstructure.
Feb 16th, 2018
Read morePrecision experiments reveal gaps in van der Waals theory
An international research team has performed synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments on titanium disulfide - a transition metal dichalogenide (TMD) material with a layered 2D structure - and compared the results with theoretical calculations.
Feb 16th, 2018
Read moreTo untangle the effects of nanoparticles on microbes, look at the genes
Nanoparticles are one of a long list of substances that can perturb microbes, but teasing out their effects is a Sisyphean task.
Feb 16th, 2018
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