Microrobots clean up radioactive waste (w/video)
Researchers have developed tiny, self-propelled robots that remove radioactive uranium from simulated wastewater.
Oct 30th, 2019
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A stretchable stopwatch lights up human skin
Researchers have developed a stretchable light-emitting device that operates at low voltages and is safe for human skin.
Oct 30th, 2019
Read moreAn electronic signal expands material by a factor of 100
Researchers have discovered a material that can both increase and reduce its volume when exposed to a weak electrical pulse. In a sponge, or filter, the researchers can control the size of particles that pass through.
Oct 29th, 2019
Read moreNanoelectronics simulations to identify optimal heat-evacuating properties
Team simulates nanoelectronics through data-centric lens, gaining a 140-fold speedup on the Summit supercomputer.
Oct 29th, 2019
Read moreResearchers use light emitted from nanoparticles to intricately control biological processes
New nanoparticles can adjust the beating speed of heart cells by emitting different colours of light. Light from nanoparticle clusters was also able to activate anticancer drugs within cells.
Oct 29th, 2019
Read moreMaterials scientists detail unexpected distortions in self-assembling polymers
Scientists report their characterization of a soft-matter double gyroid. What they briefly thought would be a perfect double gyroid, its curving arrangement of nodes and rods repeating ad infinitum, was not to be. They found instead their hoped-for cubic construction was full of distortions.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreScientists synthesized light with new intrinsic chirality to tell mirror molecules apart
Researchers have shown how to generate and characterize an entirely new type of light, synthetic chiral light, which identifies molecules' handedness exceptionally distinctly.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreDevelopment of mass production equipment for thin magnetic ribbon, minimizing energy-loss
Energy-saving benefits expected in a wide variety of devices through substituting magnetic steel sheets.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreTopological nanoelectronics
Physicists have succeeded for the first time in constructing an essential element a fundamentally new generation of electronic components - a Quantum Point Contact.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreHow to move against the current? One answer is 'tilt'-illating
Going upstream, and against a current, involves a front-first downward tilt and then moving along a surface, shows new research by a team of scientists, which created nanomotors to uncover this effective means of locomotion under such conditions.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreAn amazingly simple recipe for nanometer-sized corundum
Until now, the practical production of nanocorundum with a sufficiently high porosity has not been possible. The situation has changed radically with the presentation of a new method of nanocorundum production.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreSmall magnets reveal big secrets
An international research team has identified a microscopic process of electron spin dynamics in nanoparticles that could impact the design of applications in medicine, quantum computation, and spintronics.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreNew research finding gives valleytronics a boost
An international research team has revealed a new quantum process in valleytronics that can speed up the development of this fairly new technology.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreHow do you know it's perfect graphene? The answer has been there all along
Scientists have discovered an indicator that reliably demonstrates a sample's high quality, and it was one that was hiding in plain sight for decades.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreMicroscale rockets can travel through cellular landscapes
A new study shows how tiny robotic vessels powered by acoustic waves and an on-board bubble motor can be maneuvered through cellular landscapes using magnets.
Oct 28th, 2019
Read moreMicromotors push around single cells and particles
A new type of micromotor - powered by ultrasound and steered by magnets - can move around individual cells and microscopic particles in crowded environments without damaging them. The technology could open up new possibilities for targeted drug delivery, nanomedicine, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and other biomedical applications.
Oct 25th, 2019
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