Travelling wave drives magnetic particles
New method for selectively controlling the motion of multiple sized microspheres suspended in water.
May 20th, 2016
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Scientists unravel the quantum properties of graphene
An international team of researchers has now explained the peculiar behaviour of electrons moving through narrow constrictions in a graphene layer.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreGraphene makes rubber more rubbery
Researchers have shown that adding a very small amount of graphene, the world's thinnest and strongest material, to rubber films can increase both their strength and the elasticity by up to 50%.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreA large-scale technique to produce quantum dots (w/video)
A method to produce significant amounts of semiconducting nanoparticles for light-emitting displays, sensors, solar panels and biomedical applications has gained momentum with a demonstration by researchers.
May 19th, 2016
Read moreScientists create 'rewritable magnetic charge ice'
Researchers have created a new material, called 'rewritable magnetic charge ice', that permits an unprecedented degree of control over local magnetic fields and could pave the way for new computing technologies.
May 19th, 2016
Read moreGraphene-based nanolubricants could grease automotive industry's future
Scientists are studying the use of graphene nanoflakes to create a new generation of enhanced lubricants for the automotive industry.
May 19th, 2016
Read moreScientists getting warmer on mimicking anti-freeze in nature
The new research reveals how glycerol prevents ice crystals from forming in water as the solution is cooled to -35C, with important implications for improving cryoprotectants used in fertility treatments and food storage.
May 19th, 2016
Read moreMaking injectable medicine safer
Researchers remove excess additives from drugs, which could reduce the odds of serious allergic reactions and other side effects.
May 19th, 2016
Read moreNew metal alloys overcome strength-ductility tradeoff
Promising new approach overturns widespead metallurgical assumption.
May 19th, 2016
Read moreIt takes two to make an electrode go right
Antimony fails to work inside a magnesium battery, but it's just what tin needs to store energy.
May 19th, 2016
Read moreSwitch and stick (w/video)
The chemical element gallium could be used as a new reversible adhesive that allows its adhesive effect to be switched on and off with ease.
May 18th, 2016
Read moreHow repeated spot microdischarges damage microdevices
New study blames temperature increase on locally reoccurring discharges in microelectronic devices.
May 18th, 2016
Read moreScientists create novel 'liquid wire' material inspired by spiders' capture silk (w/video)
Researchers studied the details of this 'liquid wire' technique in spiders' webs and used it to create composite fibres in the laboratory which, just like the spider's capture silk, extend like a solid and compress like a liquid.
May 18th, 2016
Read moreChemists add color to chemical reactions
Chemists have come up with an innovative new way to visualize and monitor chemical reactions in real time.
May 18th, 2016
Read moreMille-feuille nanofilter removes viruses from water
The sheet, made of cellulose nanofibers, is called the mille-feuille filter as it has a unique layered internal architecture resembling that of the French puff pastry mille-feuille.
May 18th, 2016
Read moreThe proof is in the pudding
Three researchers devised an experiment to measure the relationship between disorder and metastability in a granular material.
May 18th, 2016
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