Researchers have discovered that applying a small difference in temperature to a watered-down mixture of a compound called zirconium phosphate initiates its liquid crystallization. As zirconium phosphate particles move toward warmer temperatures, they start aligning themselves with each other and eventually turn into pure liquid crystals.
Dec 19th, 2019
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Researchers develop new materials theory relevant to ultrafast electronics, batteries and more.
Dec 19th, 2019
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An international consortium of chemists and physicists has discovered a new type of quantum material with intrinsic magnetic and topological properties. Since they manifest without doping or strong external magnetic fields, this material may lead the way to new applications in spintronics, two-dimensional magnetism and quantum transport.
Dec 19th, 2019
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Simply adding 'table salt' helps to build self-stacked nanoarchitectures.
Dec 19th, 2019
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While DNA sequencing is a useful tool for determining what's going on in a cell or a person's body, it only tells part of the story. Protein sequencing could soon give researchers a wider window into a cell's workings. A new study demonstrates that nanopores can be used to identify all 20 amino acids in proteins, a major step toward protein sequencing.
Dec 19th, 2019
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Researchers have developed highly efficient, large-area and flexible near-infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for new wearable device technologies.
Dec 18th, 2019
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Bioengineers reveal dissolving microneedles that also embed fluorescent medical info.
Dec 18th, 2019
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By layering two-dimensional materials, scientists have confirmed electrochemical phenomena based on theory established in the 1950s.
Dec 18th, 2019
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Are you ready to get entangled in the science of the very small? That's the thread running through a new anthology, Quantum Shorts: Collected Flash Fiction Inspired by Quantum Physics.
Dec 18th, 2019
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Scientists have developed a method involving terahertz radiation to monitor temperature changes when laser light is focused on tiny gold particles in water.
Dec 18th, 2019
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New technique for observing reaction products offers insights into the chemical mechanisms that formed them.
Dec 18th, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a new method for turning nearly any object into a data storage unit. This makes it possible to save extensive data in, say, shirt buttons, water bottles or even the lenses of glasses, and then retrieve it years later.
Dec 18th, 2019
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Infrared cameras detect people and other objects by the heat they emit. Now, researchers have discovered the uncanny ability of a material to hide a target by masking its telltale heat properties.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a new nanocellulose-based material that has outstanding air filtration performance.
Dec 17th, 2019
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'Tiny silver brains' could have long-term implications for more powerful, energy-efficient computing.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a novel system to generate an artificially enveloped oncolytic adenovirus to direct the immune response against cancer.
Dec 17th, 2019
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