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Physicists develop graphene material for a more efficient energy storage

Predictions of physicists recently lead to the discovery of a material with special electric properties which engages the interest of plastics producing industry.

Dec 17th, 2015

Scientists blueprint tiny cellular molecular machine

Scientists have drawn up molecular blueprints of a tiny cellular 'nanomachine', whose evolution is an extraordinary feat of nature, by using one of the brightest X-ray sources on Earth.

Dec 17th, 2015

Graphene proves a perfect fit for wearable devices

Cheap, flexible, wireless graphene communication devices such as mobile phones and healthcare monitors can be directly printed into clothing and even skin, researchers have demonstrated.

Dec 17th, 2015

New microscopy technique maps mechanical properties of living cells

Researchers have developed a new way to use atomic force microscopy to rapidly measure the mechanical properties of cells at the nanometer scale, an advance that could pave the way for better understanding immune disorders and cancer.

Dec 17th, 2015

A quantum pump for ultracold atoms

Scientists realize a dynamic version of the quantum Hall effect in optical superlattices.

Dec 17th, 2015

Some like it hot: Simulating single particle excitations

Understanding and manipulating plasmons is important for their potential use in photovoltaics, solar cell water splitting, and sunlight-induced fuel production from CO2. Researchers have used a real-time numerical algorithm to study both the plasmon and hot carrier within the same framework. That is critical for understanding how long a particle stays excited, and whether there is energy backflow from hot carrier to plasmon.

Dec 17th, 2015

Big moves in protein structure prediction and design

Custom design with atomic level accuracy enables researchers to craft a whole new world of proteins.

Dec 16th, 2015

Researchers tailor power source for wearable electronics

Researchers have developed flexible wire-shaped microsupercapacitors that can be woven into a jacket, shirt or dress.

Dec 16th, 2015

New metamaterial manipulates sound to improve acoustic imaging

Researchers have developed a metamaterial made of paper and aluminum that can manipulate acoustic waves to more than double the resolution of acoustic imaging, focus acoustic waves, and control the angles at which sound passes through the metamaterial.

Dec 16th, 2015

A molecular light switch?... Just add water

A bit of stray moisture during an experiment tipped off scientists about the strange behavior of a complex oxide material they were studying - shedding light on its potential for improving chemical sensors, computing and information storage.

Dec 16th, 2015

Time-resolved measurement of the anomalous velocity

Movement of charge carriers perpendicular to an electric driving field in a solid state system detected for the first time with sub-picosecond time resolution.

Dec 16th, 2015

Physics for the mechanism of slow change in microscopic magnetic structures revealed

Researchers have studied in detail, a slow change of microscopic magnetic structures in metallic wires induced by external driving forces, commonly called 'creep' motion. This has allowed them to clarify the physics of how the driving forces, magnetic fields or electric currents, act on the magnetic structure.