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Frustration produces a quantum playground

A deeper understanding of quantum fluctuations in 'frustrated' layered magnetic crystals could speed the development of devices that probe real-world systems using quantum effects.

Mar 27th, 2015

A first glimpse inside a macroscopic quantum state

Scientists have detected, for the first time, entanglement among individual photon pairs in a beam of squeezed light.

Mar 27th, 2015

Novel nanoparticle therapy promotes wound healing (w/video)

An experimental therapy cuts in half the time it takes to heal wounds compared to no treatment at all.

Mar 26th, 2015

New study shows bacteria can use magnetic nanoparticles to create a 'natural battery'

The bacteria can load electrons onto and discharge electrons from microscopic particles of magnetite. This discovery holds out the potential of using this mechanism to help clean up environmental pollution, and other bioengineering applications.

Mar 26th, 2015

Nanotechnology designer toolkit for dynamic DNA nanomachines

The latest DNA nanodevices - including a robot with movable arms, a book that opens and closes, a switchable gear, and an actuator - may be intriguing in their own right, but that's not the point. They demonstrate a breakthrough in the science of using DNA as a programmable building material for nanometer-scale structures and machines.

Mar 26th, 2015

Chemists make new silicon-based nanomaterials

Researchers describe methods for making nanoribbons and nanoplates from a compound called silicon telluride. The materials are pure, p-type semiconductors (positive charge carriers) that could be used in a variety of electronic and optical devices.

Mar 26th, 2015

Fluctuation X-ray scattering

In biology, materials science and the energy sciences, structural information provides important insights into the understanding of matter. The link between a structure and its properties can suggest new avenues for designed improvements of synthetic materials or provide new fundamental insights in biology and medicine at the molecular level.

Mar 26th, 2015

Behind the dogmas of good old hydrodynamics

A new theory gives new insights into the transport of liquid flowing along the surface under applied electric field.

Mar 26th, 2015

Surface-modified nanoparticles endow coatings with combined properties

Nanoparticles are specifically adapted to the particular application by Small Molecule Surface Modification (SMSM). Thereby surfaces of workpieces or mouldings are expected to exhibit several different functions at one and the same time.

Mar 26th, 2015

Nanocarbon enhanced plastic could spur green energy applications, artificial muscles

A plastic used in filters and tubing has an unusual trait: It can produce electricity when pulled or pressed. This ability has been used in small ways, but now researchers are coaxing fibers of the material to make even more electricity for a wider range of applications from green energy to 'artificial muscles'.

Mar 26th, 2015

Engineers create nanomaterials tougher than bulletproof vests

Researchers have created new structures that exploit the electromechanical properties of specific nanofibers to stretch to up to seven times their length, while remaining tougher than Kevlar.

Mar 26th, 2015

The first observation of the effect of electron spin of molecular oxygen on the surface oxidation reaction

Scientists presented the first spin-controlled oxygen adsorption experiment indicating that the rate of surface oxidation is strongly affected by the electron spin of oxygen.

Mar 26th, 2015

Simple method of binding pollutants in water with nanoadsorbers

New types of membrane adsorbers remove unwanted particles from water and also, at the same time, dissolved substances such as the hormonally active bis-phenol A or toxic lead. To do this, researchers imbed selective adsorber particles in filtration membranes.