Bundlemers (new polymer units) could transform industries
Scientists have created a new fundamental unit of polymers that could usher in a new era of materials discovery.
Oct 30th, 2019
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A plethora of states in magic-angle graphene
Researchers use twisted bi-layer graphene to unveil a new zoo of previously unobserved states, from superconducting to insulating to a new range of magnetic and topological states.
Oct 30th, 2019
Read moreNanotechnology breakthrough enables conversion of infrared light to energy
Researchers have developed technology to tap into infrared light for solar energy conversion and increase solar cell efficiency by 10 percent or more.
Oct 30th, 2019
Read moreTiny swimming donuts deliver the goods
Microscopic, 3D-printed, tori - donuts - coated with nickel and platinum may bridge the gap between biological and synthetic swimmers, according to an international team of researchers.
Oct 30th, 2019
Read moreDetailed insights into the structure of nanocapsules used for drug delivery
Scientists want to understand in as much detail as possible how the container molecules and the active substances arrange and what properties result from this.
Oct 30th, 2019
Read moreMicrorobots clean up radioactive waste (w/video)
Researchers have developed tiny, self-propelled robots that remove radioactive uranium from simulated wastewater.
Oct 30th, 2019
Read moreA 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
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