A new study shows that proteins have other, largely unexplored capabilities. Under the right conditions, they can act as tiny, current-carrying wires, useful for a range human-designed nanoelectronics.
Feb 25th, 2022
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Scientists have uncovered that low-symmetry crystals can support a new type of wave enabled by optical 'shear forces'. The results offer new possibilities for compact optical technologies to enable new ways to guide light or to store information optically.
Feb 24th, 2022
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Researchers investigated a liquid-state borophene oxide, discovering that it exhibited high thermal stability and optical switching behavior even at low voltages. These findings highlight the strong potential of borophene oxide-derived liquid crystals for use in widespread applications.
Feb 24th, 2022
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An overview of the latest groundbreaking research relating to the utilization of carbon dots in electrochemical processes and energy storage.
Feb 24th, 2022
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Researchers have highlighted and quantified a three-fold coupling between exciton, photon, and phonon in a microcavity with embedded two-dimensional materials.
Feb 24th, 2022
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Scientists have succeeded in directly observing an atomic magnetic field, the origin of magnets (magnetic force), for the first time.
Feb 24th, 2022
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Researchers have identified how a self-organized vortex of rotating microparticles in a fluid will reverse direction when an electric stimulus is interrupted and then reapplied with the same orientation, providing fundamental insights into mechanisms behind the sudden switch in rotation.
Feb 24th, 2022
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Using a new fabrication technique, researchers have developed a diamond field-effect transistor with high hole mobility, which allows reduced conduction loss and higher operational speed.
Feb 24th, 2022
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Researchers demonstrate nanoscale morphogenesis in a synthetic material.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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Scientists have developed a way to improve crop quality without needing to create special genetically modified plants. Rather that changing plant genomes, the new technique relies on a spray that introduces bioactive molecules into plant cells through their leaves.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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Discovery shows for the first time that multiferroic properties can exist in a two-dimensional material; could lead to more efficient magnetic memory devices.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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Researchers are able to greatly reduce tumors of a rare genetic lung disease using tiny lipid-based nanoparticles in a preclinical model.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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A summary of the recent efforts devoted to the 'on-the-fly' degradation of microplastics by autonomous motile nanobots and microrobots.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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DARPA wants to verify, validate bold claims that a useful quantum computer could be realized soon.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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The research also seeks to understand how viruses and nanomaterials could be used to control bacterial development at fluid interfaces.
Feb 22nd, 2022
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For the first time, researchers demonstrate an artificial organic neuron, a nerve cell, that can be integrated with a living plant and an artificial organic synapse. Both the neuron and the synapse are made from printed organic electrochemical transistors.
Feb 22nd, 2022
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