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Stretchable nano-ceramics made by flame technology

Scientists have successfully been able to transfer the experience from furnace to laboratory while synthesizing nanoscale materials using simple and highly efficient flame technology. This 'baking' of nanostructures has already been a great success using zinc oxide. The recent findings concentrate on tin oxide, which opens up a wide field of possible new applications.

Jun 5th, 2015

Solvent encapsulation is the trick: a solid material with spin-transition solution-like behaviour

Researchers have developed a universal encapsulation method to integrate those compounds into solid materials keeping their useful properties unaltered.

Jun 5th, 2015

New study shows the dynamics of active swarms in alternating fields

Researchers have studied the dynamics of active swarms using computer simulations and experiments on unicellular algae. The team not only found full analogy of the active motion in a field to magnetic hysteresis but also managed to quantify the controllability of the swarm and identify the signatures of collective behavior of the active agents.

Jun 5th, 2015

The future for antiferromagnetic memories

A new review compiles the approaches that have been employed for reading and storing information in antiferromagnets and answers the question about how to write on antiferromagnetics successfully.

Jun 5th, 2015

Unlocking nanofibers' potential

Prototype boosts production of versatile fibers fourfold, while cutting energy consumption by 92 percent.

Jun 5th, 2015

A universal transition

Organic molecules reveal a universal behavior that governs the transition of many materials from an insulator to a conductor.

Jun 5th, 2015

Vanishing friction boost development of nanomachines (w/video)

In tuning friction to the point where it disappears, technique could boost development of nanomachines.

Jun 4th, 2015

A coherent look at crystalline defects

A lensless X-ray microscope has captured, in stunning detail, the first three-dimensional images of crystalline defects during crystal growth of a mineral, calcite.

Jun 4th, 2015

A microscopic approach to the magnetic sensitivity of animals

Researchers have succeeded in developing a new microscope capable of observing the magnetic sensitivity of photochemical reactions believed to be responsible for the ability of some animals to navigate in the Earth's magnetic field, on a scale small enough to follow these reactions taking place inside sub-cellular structures.

Jun 4th, 2015

New model simulates engineered nanoparticles in surface waters

Scientists provide the world's first spatiotemporally explicit model that simulates the behaviour and fate of engineered nanoparticles in surface waters.

Jun 4th, 2015

Engineers show how 'perfect' materials begin to fail at the nanoscale

Crystalline materials have atoms that are neatly lined up in a repeating pattern. When they break, that failure tends to start at a defect, or a place where the pattern is disrupted. But how do defect-free materials break? Until recently, the question was purely theoretical; making a defect-free material was impossible. Now that nanotechnological advances have made such materials a reality, however, researchers have shown how these defects first form on the road to failure.

Jun 4th, 2015

Cost-effective risk assessment of nanomaterials may be feasible

The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has commissioned the development of a strategy to evaluate the potential for read-across in cases of missing data for nanomaterials, with a focus on fulfilling data requirements in regulatory frameworks.