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Creating coherent motion based on coordinated microscopic movements (w/video)

Scientists are closer to creating devices that can use microscopic movements in a coordinated way to create coherent motion on a macroscopic scale. This replicates the way living organisms move in a different way from manmade mechanical devices.

November 26, 2021 Read more

'Magic wand' reveals a colorful nano-world

Novel color photography using a high-efficiency probe can super-focus white light into a 6-nanometer spot for nanoscale color imaging.

November 25, 2021 Read more

Doing photon upconversion a solid - Crystals that convert light to more useful wavelengths

Scientists revisited a materials approach previously deemed lackluster - using a molecule originally developed for organic LEDs - achieving outstanding performance and efficiency. Their findings pave the way for many novel photonic technologies, such as better solar cells and photocatalysts for hydrogen and hydrocarbon productions.

November 25, 2021 Read more

Stretchable pressure sensor could lead to better robotics, prosthetics (w/video)

In the future, soft robotic hands with advanced sensors could help diagnose and care for patients or act as more lifelike prostheses.

November 25, 2021 Read more

Artificial vision device capable of mimicking human optical illusions

Researchers have developed an ionic artificial vision device capable of increasing the edge contrast between the darker and lighter areas of an mage in a manner similar to that of human vision.

November 25, 2021 Read more

New ultrahard diamond glass synthesized from collapsed fullerene

It is the hardest known glass with the highest thermal conductivity among all glass materials.

November 24, 2021 Read more

Researchers create one of the world's most precise microchip sensors - thanks to a spiderweb

Combining nanotechnology and machine learning inspired by nature's spiderwebs, researchers were able to make a nanomechanical sensor vibrate in extreme isolation from everyday noise. This breakthrough has large implications for the study of gravity and dark matter, as well as the fields of quantum internet, navigation and sensing.

November 24, 2021 Read more

A new topological magnet with colossal angular magnetoresistance

Trillion percent change of resistance can be achieved in the new material by simply rotating the direction of spin.

November 24, 2021 Read more

New microscopy technique for quantum simulation

Scientists have developed a new technique for quantum gas microscopy that now allows imaging of three-dimensional quantum systems. The new method can be used to explore entirely new regimes.

November 24, 2021 Read more

Shifting colors for on-chip photonics

On-chip frequency shifters in the gigahertz range could be used in next generation quantum computers and networks.

November 24, 2021 Read more

A new artificial material mimics quantum entangled rare earth compound

By combining two-dimensional materials, researchers create a macroscopic quantum entangled state emulating rare earth compounds.

November 24, 2021 Read more

Heat flow controls the movement of skyrmions in an insulating magnet

Magnetic vortices could be manipulated by waste heat to realize low-power computing applications.

November 24, 2021 Read more

Scientists successfully manipulate a single skyrmion at room temperature

Scientists have shown that they can manipulate single skyrmions - tiny magnetic vortices that could be used as computing bits in future ultra-dense information storage devices - using pulses of electric current, at room temperature.

November 24, 2021 Read more

A seemingly unattainable energy transition

Researchers have succeeded in addressing an apparently unattainable energy transition in an artificial atom using laser light. Making use of the so-called radiative Auger process, they were the first team to specifically excite it.

November 24, 2021 Read more

New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into superbugs

Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner workings and behaviours of superbugs to gain new insights into how they cause disease.

November 24, 2021 Read more

A new way to generate electricity from waste heat: using an antiferromagnet for solid devices

Scientists have discovered, for the first time, a giant thermoelectric effect in an antiferromagnet.

November 24, 2021 Read more