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Nanoparticles can save historic buildings

Buildings made of porous rock can weather over the years. Now, for the first time, scientists have studied in detail how silicate nanoparticles can help save them.

July 11, 2022 Read more

Sub-femtometer-resolution absolute spectroscopy based on dual electro-optic frequency comb

Scientists propose a novel dual-comb spectroscopy technique based on electro-optic frequency combs, which further improves the spectral resolution of two orders of magnitude to sub-femtometer.

July 11, 2022 Read more

Physicists discover a 'family' of robust, superconducting graphene structures

The findings could inform the design of practical superconducting devices.

July 9, 2022 Read more

Next-generation data centers within reach thanks to new energy-efficient switches

Researchers designed an energy-efficient, silicon-based non-volatile switch that manipulates light through the use of a phase-change material and graphene heater.

July 9, 2022 Read more

Nanoparticle 'backpacks' restore damaged stem cells

A new strategy can restore damaged stem cells and enable them to grow new tissues again.

July 8, 2022 Read more

Nano-rust: Smart additive for autonomous temperature control

Researchers develop a new, versatile method for temperature monitoring in materials.

July 8, 2022 Read more

The self-calibrated photonic-chip - an interchange for optical data superhighways

Researchers have found a way to create an advanced photonic integrated circuit that builds bridges between data superhighways, revolutionising the connectivity of current optical chips and replacing bulky 3D-optics with a wafer-thin slice of silicon.

July 7, 2022 Read more

Researchers build longest, highly conductive molecular nanowire

The 2.6nm-long single molecule wire has quasi-metallic properties and shows an unusual increase of conductance as the wire length increases; its excellent conductivity holds great promise for the field of molecular electronics.

July 7, 2022 Read more

Investigating water/oil interfaces with opto-thermophoretic tweezers

Spontaneous charging of interfaces between water and hydrophobic media is a mysterious feature whose nature and origin - despite many efforts to explain them - are still not fully understood. Many spectroscopic results and interpretations along with computational work are not consistent with one another and a consensus on the nature and origin of interfacial charging has not been reached. A clear understanding of this puzzling phenomenon needs a variety of approaches from diverse perspectives, which, hopefully will all add up and be pieced together towards a complete description of the full picture.

July 7, 2022 Read more

Scientists invent 'quantum flute' that can make particles of light move together

Physicists have invented a 'quantum flute' that, like the Pied Piper, can coerce particles of light to move together in a way that's never been seen before.

July 7, 2022 Read more

New design for plasmonic metasurfaces expands wide-spectrum camera abilities

Upside-down design increases plasmonic metasurfaces' frequency range while protecting them from the elements.

July 7, 2022 Read more

Physicists see electron whirlpools for the first time

Long predicted but never observed, this fluid-like electron behavior could be leveraged for low-power next-generation electronics.

July 6, 2022 Read more

A four-stroke engine for atoms

Switching something on and off again usually takes it back into its original state. A new magnetic material, however, has to be switched four times, while the spin of atoms moves once in a circle.

July 6, 2022 Read more

Solar-powered chemistry uses carbon dioxide and water to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals

Producing synthesis gas, a precursor of a variety of fuels and chemicals, no longer requires natural gas, coal or biomass.

July 6, 2022 Read more

Researchers use X-rays to decode complex piece of cellular machinery, atom by atom

After nearly 20 years of work, researchers have a clearer picture of the ​'gatekeeper' of the nucleus and a better idea of how it works.

July 6, 2022 Read more

Physicists work to shrink microchips with first one-dimensional helium model system

Physicists ave cracked the code to making microchips smaller, and the key is helium.

July 6, 2022 Read more