Environmentally-friendly removal of biofouling with nanocoatings
This coating makes it harder for marine organisms to grow on the hulls and makes cleaning the ships easier.
Dec 1st, 2017
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Monopole current offers way to control magnets
Scientists have discovered interesting new magnetic properties of a type of materials known as 'quantum spin ice'.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreFighting myocardial infarction with nanoparticle tandems
How can damaged cardiac tissue following a heart attack best be treated with replacement muscle cells? A research team is now presenting an innovative method on mice: Muscle replacement cells, which are to take over the function of the damaged tissue, are loaded with magnetic nanoparticles.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreWafer to chip: X-ray imaging for reduced defect rate
New method shows how smallest damage at the surface of semiconductor crystals develops into large defects.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreMetamaterial with a twist
Scientists have designed a three-dimensional material that converts linear compression forces into a rotation movement.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreSimulating physics
Nature is quantum mechanical, and researchers are ready to study it with a nine-qubit array and the problem of many-body localization.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreGraphene nano tweezers can grab individual biomolecules
Discovery could lead to revolutionary handheld disease diagnostic system.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreStudy confirms that cuprate materials have fluctuating stripes that may be linked to high-temperature superconductivity
These stripes of electron spin and charge are exciting because of their possible link to a phenomenon that could transform society by making electrical transmission nearly 100 percent efficient.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreSpins line up for data duty
Electric fields produced by structural mismatches between two materials could be harnessed to manage data in spintronic devices.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreResearchers advance nanotechnology technique to detect ovarian cancer
Scientists use fluorescent carbon nanotube probes to achieve first in vivo success.
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreDeducing the properties of a new form of diamond
Simple model used to compute elasticity of newly synthesized glassy diamond.
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreScientists visualize structure of key DNA repair component with near-atomic resolution
At the first hint of DNA damage, a protein known as an ATR kinase activates the cell's built-in repair system. Scientists have now imaged this protein at unprecedented resolution, and are beginning to understand its response to DNA damage.
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreSqueezing light into a tiny channel brings optical computing a step closer
By forcing light to go through a smaller gap than ever before, researchers have paved the way for computers based on light instead of electronics.
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreDesigning a golden nanopill
Researcher uses supercomputers to explore optical properties of plasmonic nanovesicles for drug delivery and investigations of molecules in the brain.
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreBiotemplates breakthrough paves way for cheaper nanobots
By using bacterial flagella as a template for silica, researchers have demonstrated an easier way to make propulsion systems for nanoscale swimming robots.
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreNeutrophil-inspired propulsion (w/video)
Researchers have developed a novel system that enables aggregates composed of magnetised particles to roll along a channel in a combined acoustic and magnetic field.
Nov 30th, 2017
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