Scientists have been making nanoparticles for more than two decades in two-dimensional sheets, three-dimensional crystals and random clusters. But they have never been able to get a sheet of nanoparticles to curve or fold into a complex three-dimensional structure. Now researchers have found a simple way to do exactly that.
Aug 2nd, 2015
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Serendipity has as much a place in science as in love. That's what physicists found during their four-year project to modify graphene.
Jul 31st, 2015
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An international group of researchers has shown how nature uses a variety of pathways to grow crystals that go beyond the classical, one-atom-at-a-time route.
Jul 31st, 2015
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Physicists use N-V center optical magnetoscope to understand new magnetic nanomaterials.
Jul 31st, 2015
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A synthetic membrane that self assembles and is easily produced may lead to better gas separation, water purification, drug delivery and DNA recognition, according to an international team of researchers.
Jul 31st, 2015
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Researchers have developed a transparent electrode with high electrical conductivity for solar cells and other optoelectronic components - that uses minimal amounts of material. It consists of a random network of silver nanowires that is coated with aluminium-doped zinc oxide. The novel electrode requires about 70 times less silver than conventional silver grid electrodes, but possesses comparable electrical conductivity.
Jul 31st, 2015
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A new study has shown that high frequency vibrations can cause bricks to self-assemble into a larger 3D object, a finding that may one day help do away with the need for factory assembly lines.
Jul 31st, 2015
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A new imaging tool could do for the brain what the telescope did for space exploration. In the first demonstration of how the technology works, the researchers look inside the brain of an adult mouse at a scale previously unachievable, generating images at a nanoscale resolution.
Jul 31st, 2015
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Scientists detect previously unobserved features of human hair by combining a submicron X-ray beam with cross-section geometry.
Jul 31st, 2015
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Since the electronic properties of an optical storage material change faster than its structure, it could serve new applications.
Jul 31st, 2015
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The humble butterfly could hold the key to unlocking new techniques to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient, pioneering new research has shown.
Jul 31st, 2015
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Using ultracold atoms trapped in light crystals, scientists observe a novel state of matter that never thermalizes.
Jul 31st, 2015
Read moreGold nanorods can be used as remote controlled nanoheaters delivering the right amount of thermal treatment to cancer cells, thanks to diamond nanocrystals used as temperature sensors.
Jul 31st, 2015
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New technology developed by bioengineers promises to make a workhorse lab tool cheaper, more portable and many times faster by accelerating the heating and cooling of genetic samples with the switch of a light.
Jul 31st, 2015
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New research shows non-wetting surfaces promote chemical reaction rates.
Jul 31st, 2015
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Researchers have created a new 'plasmonic oxide material' that could make possible devices for optical communications that are at least 10 times faster than conventional technologies.
Jul 31st, 2015
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