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Material can turn sunlight, heat and movement Into electricity - all at once

Researchers have found that a mineral with the perovskite crystal structure has the right properties to extract energy from multiple sources at the same time.

Feb 7th, 2017

Tarantulas inspire new structural color with the greatest viewing angle

Inspired by the hair of blue tarantulas, researchers made a structural-colored material that shows consistent color from all viewing directions. This finding overturns the conventional wisdom that long-range order photonic structures are always iridescent.

Feb 7th, 2017

Serial killers of the immune system caught on microscopic CCTV

Scientists have filmed the process by which lymphocytes drill holes in their victims, laying bare key steps taken by the immune system to rid our body of harmful invaders.

Feb 7th, 2017

DNA 'barcoding' allows rapid testing of nanoparticles for therapeutic delivery

Using tiny snippets of DNA as 'barcodes', researchers have developed a new technique for rapidly screening the ability of nanoparticles to selectively deliver therapeutic genes to specific organs of the body.

Feb 7th, 2017

Ultrasmall atom motions recorded with ultrashort x-ray pulses

In a novel type of experiment, regularly arranged atoms in a crystal are set into vibration by a laser pulse and a sequence of snapshots is generated via changes of x-ray absorption.

Feb 7th, 2017

The science and engineering of quantum dot lasers

From the beginnings of research to practical applications.

Feb 7th, 2017

Electron density distribution of fullerene modeled using a 3D printer

Modeling the electron density distribution of a molecule in transparent resin.

Feb 7th, 2017

Towards new IT devices with stable and transformable solitons

Multi-digit systems, solitonics and brain-like machines.

Feb 6th, 2017

Smarter MRI diagnosis with nano MRI lamp

A new technology platform that tunes the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals 'ON' only in the presence of the targeted disease.

Feb 6th, 2017

Neutrons reveal 'quantum tunnelling' on graphene enables the birth of stars

Graphene-based materials, prepared from the exfoliation of graphite oxide, are used as a model of interstellar carbon dust as they contain a relatively large amount of atomic defects, either at their edges or on their surface. These defects are thought to sustain the Eley-Rideal chemical reaction, which recombines two H atoms into one H2 molecule.

Feb 3rd, 2017

Back to the roots: Germanium outperforms silicon in energy efficient transistors with n- und p- conduction

Scientists have demonstrated the world-wide first transistor based on germanium that can be programmed between electron- (n) and hole- (p) conduction.

Feb 3rd, 2017

A ground-breaking method for screening the most useful nanoparticles for medicine

Researchers have devised a rapid screening method to select the most promising nanoparticles, thereby fast-tracking the development of future treatments. In less than a week, they are able to determine whether nanoparticles are compatible or not with the human body - an analysis that previously required several months of work.