When heat ceases to be a mystery, spintronics becomes more real
Physicists have for the first time described in detail the dynamic phenomena occurring at the interface between a ferromagnetic metal and a semiconductor.
Dec 13th, 2018
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New discovery improves use of optical tweezers
Researchers have developed a method that greatly simplifies and improves the use of optical tweezers.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreMicroscopic devices that control vibrations could allow smaller mobile devices
Researchers take step forward with phononics, for ultrasound-based information processing.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreScientists maximize the effectiveness of platinum in fuel cells
Chemists have identified a new catalyst that maximizes the effectiveness of platinum.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreMagic number colloidal clusters
Scientists have decoded the structure and the process behind the formation of one class of such highly ordered clusters. Their findings have increased understanding of how structures are formed in clusters.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreData use draining your battery? Tiny device to speed up memory while also saving power
Researchers have discovered a new functionality in a two-dimensional material that allows data to be stored and retrieved much faster on a computer chip, saving battery life.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read morePushing lithium ion batteries to the next performance level
Chemists have developed a new nanostructured anode material for lithium ion batteries, which extends the capacity and cycle life of the batteries.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreStudying how unconventional metals behave, with an eye on high-temperature superconductors
Using laser light to trap atoms in a checkerboard-like pattern, scientists studied how resistance -- the loss of electrical current as heat -- can develop in unconventional metals.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreLight-guiding nanodevice could help answer fundamental questions about quantum physics
Researchers use light-guiding nanoscale device to measure and control position of optically trapped nanoparticle with record sensitivity.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreBarely scratching the surface: A new way to make robust membranes
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique's viability for membranes.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreThe stiffest porous lightweight materials ever
Researchers have developed and fabricated material architectures that are equally strong in all three dimensions, and that are simultaneously extremely stiff.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreHelping the anti-parasitic medicine go down with nanocapsules
Scientists have developed a new way to deliver anti-parasitic medicines more efficiently.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreScientists create way to power pacemaker with light
Innovative technique uses tiny solar cell to stimulate heart muscle.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreNew transport mechanism of nanomaterial through a cell membrane: membrane stretching
Research shows that it is possible to control the transport of nanomaterial across a cell membrane by tuning the membrane tension.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreScientists developed unique method to calculate transparent materials' porosity
As a result, it becomes possible to retrieve characteristics of high-density objects at a new level, thereby enhancing the precision of the technologies of their creation.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreBetter biomedical devices, wearable displays may result from tiny light-guiding structures
Microfabrication method yields flexible light guides for an array of light-based devices.
Dec 11th, 2018
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