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World's fastest camera freezes time at 10 trillion frames per second

T-CUP makes it possible to see phenomena -- and even light! -- in extremely slow motion.

Oct 12th, 2018

Researchers quickly harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization

Efficient method for making single-atom-thick, wafer-scale materials opens up opportunities in flexible electronics.

Oct 12th, 2018

Light switch: Scientists develop method to control nanoscale manipulation in scanning tunneling microscopes

Scientists have taken a step toward faster and more advanced electronics by developing a way to better measure and manipulate conductive materials through scanning tunneling microscopy.

Oct 12th, 2018

Scientists succeed in controlling the wettability of a nanofiber

Researchers succeeded to switch wettability of a nanofiber obtained out of polymers with piezoelectric properties. The time of response to an external trigger was shortened to a few seconds instead of a few minutes at existing methods.

Oct 12th, 2018

Graphene shows unique potential to exceed bandwidth demands of future telecommunications

A new review paper concludes that graphene offers a unique evolutionary pathway for next-generation communications.

Oct 12th, 2018

Self-healing material can build itself from carbon in the air

Taking a page from green plants, new polymer 'grows' through a chemical reaction with carbon dioxide.

Oct 11th, 2018

Hidden gapless states on the path to semiconductor nanocrystals

When chemists were starting work on yet another material designed for the efficient production of nanocrystalline zinc oxide, they didn't expect any surprises. They were greatly astonished when the electrical properties of the changing material turned out to be extremely exotic.

Oct 11th, 2018

Ultrasmall targeted nanoparticles with engineered antibody fragments as an anti-cancer weapon

Scientists have equipped ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles with antibody fragments. These nanoparticles allow for renal clearance while achieving the specificity needed for efficient tumor targeting.

Oct 11th, 2018

'Fudge factors' in physics?

What if your theory to model and predict the electronic structure of atoms isn't accounting for dispersion energy? You come up with some 'fudge factors' to make it all work. But getting the right results for the wrong reasons can only take you so far.

Oct 11th, 2018

New half-light half-matter particles may hold the key to a computing revolution

Scientists have discovered new particles that could lie at the heart of a future technological revolution based on photonic circuitry, leading to superfast, light-based computing.

Oct 11th, 2018

Optical and electronic excitations hybridize and flow together in novel topological insulator

For the first time, physicists have built a unique topological insulator in which optical and electronic excitations hybridize and flow together.

Oct 11th, 2018

Medication you can wear

Novel polymer fibers can be equipped with drugs. The smart fibers recognize the need for therapy all by themselves and dose the active ingredients with precision and accuracy.

Oct 11th, 2018

Microfluidic molecular exchanger helps control therapeutic cell manufacturing

Researchers have demonstrated an integrated technique for monitoring specific biomolecules - such as growth factors - that could indicate the health of living cell cultures produced for the burgeoning field of cell-based therapeutics.