How fullerite becomes harder than diamond
Carbon spheres in fullerite may be packed in different ways, and the hardness of the material strongly depends on how the fullerenes are connected to each other.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreCarbon spheres in fullerite may be packed in different ways, and the hardness of the material strongly depends on how the fullerenes are connected to each other.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreSome day, your smartphone might completely conform to your wrist, and when it does, it might be covered in pure gold.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read morePhysicists manipulate nanowire semiconductors in pursuit of making electronics smaller, faster and cheaper.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have succeeded in controlling the growth of organic molecules using a special trick. Molecules that repel each other play a key role in this process: due to their opposing forces, they always keep a certain distance from their neighbours.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have developed a potential new drug to tackle the highly aggressive 'triple negative' breast cancer - and a nanoparticle to deliver it directly into the cancer cells.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreScientists have developed a method to protect DNA origami structures from decomposition in biological media. This protection enables future applications in nanomedicine or cell biology.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreDouble flow concept widens spectrum for protein crystallography.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreTo disclose molecular processes behind AuNP growth in protein nanocages, a group of biomolecular engineers used high-resolution crystallography and analyzed the formation of Au nanoclusters in ferritin.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreGreenDiamond, with its 14 partners, is a European Horizon 2020 project to develop breakthrough 10 kV diamond transistor technology for sustainable high power electronics.
Mar 16th, 2017
Read moreDiscovery could greatly improve energy-efficiency of separation and purification processes in the chemical and petrochemical industries.
Mar 15th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have proposed a new, sophisticated method of detecting molecules with sensors based on ultra-thin nanomaterials.
Mar 15th, 2017
Read moreA research team has observed the counterintuitive motion of electrons during experiments. Because this sort of quantum transport is very efficient, it could play a key role in a new type of manmade material that could be used someday in solar cells and electronics.
Mar 15th, 2017
Read morePhysicists demonstrate a technique for optically controlled acceleration, deceleration and deflection of electrons.
Mar 15th, 2017
Read moreFuture computer chip stacks could be supplied with electrical power and cooled at the same time by tiny integrated redox flow batteries.
Mar 15th, 2017
Read moreA new technique synchronized high-energy electrons with an ultrafast laser pulse to probe how vibrational states of atoms change in time.
Mar 15th, 2017
Read moreNanomagnetism researchers have reported so-far unknown anomalies near dynamic phase transitions.
Mar 15th, 2017
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