Freezing with lasers creates aligned ice crystals
Supercooled water zapped in just the right way enabled perfect control over the process.
Oct 14th, 2020
Read moreSupercooled water zapped in just the right way enabled perfect control over the process.
Oct 14th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have developed a layer of tungsten disulfide that is just as thin as three atomic layers - and it is luminous, flexible and also withstands external influences.
Oct 14th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have discovered a cost-effective way to tune the spectrum of a laser to the infrared.
Oct 14th, 2020
Read moreRecent advances in this field have made micro- and nanomotors promising devices for solving many biomedical problems.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreScientists have probed into nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. Investigating them the team learned how to produce the safe biodegradable nanocoating with antimicrobial, anti-reflective, and self-cleaning properties in a cost-effective and eco-friendly way.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreA team of researchers are developing a toolbox of self-assembling nanoparticles to be used as vaccines against infections including the parasitic Toxoplasma gondii.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have managed to make an efficient material for broadband frequency doubling of light using microspheres made of disordered nanocrystals. The crucial idea for the method arose during a coffee break. In the future, the new approach could be used in lasers and other light technologies.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreScientists demonstrate how light stored in a cloud of ultra-cold atoms can be transported by means of an optical conveyor belt.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreCheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible and more, someday, thanks to an ambitious new project to design and build a fleet of tiny ultra-sensitive thermometers.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreA team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time a single-molecule electret - a device that could be one of the keys to molecular computers.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreIn their test runs, the researchers have produced gloves that can digitally capture hand movements, a zipper that transmits different electric currents depending on the degree of opening, and sports tapes that act as user interfaces that are attached to the body.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreThe trick to extremely thin supercapacitors with improved performance is spraying graphene ink at an angle.
Oct 13th, 2020
Read moreScientists have discovered a new way to manipulate magnets with laser light pulses shorter than a trillionth of a second.
Oct 12th, 2020
Read moreVirtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new treatments for disease.
Oct 12th, 2020
Read moreWith computing already consuming 8% of global electricity, low-energy data-storage is a key priority. Next-generation 'multi-state' memory offers a highly energy efficient, low-cost, fast-access solution: stepping 'beyond binary' to store more data than just zeros and ones.
Oct 12th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated that hybrid surface waves called surface phonon-polaritons provide enhanced thermal conductivity in nanoscale membranes. These surface waves can aid in the thermal management of nanostructured devices as conventional cooling methods reach their material-related limits. Surface phonon-polaritons will be particularly useful for heat conduction in silicon-based microelectronics and photonics applications.
Oct 12th, 2020
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