New research shows that a scanning-tunneling microscope, used to study changes in the shape of a single molecule at the atomic scale, impacts the ability of that molecule to make these changes.
Feb 14th, 2017
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New research lays out a theoretical map to use ferroelectric material to process information using multivalued logic - a leap beyond the simple ones and zeroes that make up our current computing systems that could let us process information much more efficiently.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Researchers have developed a magnetic drug implant that could offer an alternative for patients struggling with numerous pills or intravenous injections.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Scientists have succeeded in almost fully suppressing the production of hydrogen peroxide by controlling the spin of electrons in the reaction.
Feb 13th, 2017
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A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors from biomedicine to geology.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Nanotube-reinforced material can be shaped, is highly conductive.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Carbon nanodots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of drug delivery involving various optical and vibrational spectroscopic-based techniques such as fluorescence, Raman, and hyperspectral imaging.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Engineers have invented the first mechanical metamaterials that easily transfer motion effortlessly in one direction while blocking it in the other.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Physicists used a model to explain the electronic structure of graphene measured by a new spectroscopic platform. These techniques could promote future research on stable and accurate quantum measurements for new 2D electronics.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Researchers have witnessed - for the first time --cancer cells being targeted and destroyed from the inside by an organo-metal compound.
Feb 13th, 2017
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An organic-inorganic hybrid material may be the future for more efficient technologies that can generate electricity from either light or heat or devices that emit light from electricity.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Researchers have discovered that the amount of friction force between organic molecules and a sapphire substrate in a vacuum can be changed repeatedly by starting and stopping laser light irradiation.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Miniaturized robots can be propelled through biological fluids by an enzymatic reaction or ultrasound.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Imagine patterning and visualizing silicon at the atomic level, something which, if done successfully, will revolutionize the quantum and classical computing industry.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Scientists have 're-discovered' a material, which could make the construction of 2D van der Waals heterostructures easier to build.
Feb 13th, 2017
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When thinned down to less than a nanometer thick, MoS2 demonstrates properties with great promise as a functional material for electronic devices and surface coatings.
Feb 10th, 2017
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