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The world's first electrically powered optical nanoantenna

Using electricity to make a 250 nm long nanoantenna emit light: this is what physicists have accomplished in a world first.

Aug 17th, 2015

Is graphene hydrophobic or hydrophilic?

New research investigates the hydrophobicity of epitaxial graphene, which could be used in the future to better tailor graphene coatings to applications in medicine, electronics and more.

Aug 17th, 2015

In catalysis, a single atom makes all the difference

Researchers show differences of a single atom in platinum clusters can modify catalytic performance.

Aug 17th, 2015

Surprising discoveries about 2D molybdenum disulfide

Scientists have used a unique nano-optical probe to study the effects of illumination on two-dimensional semiconductors at the molecular level.

Aug 14th, 2015

Engineers 'sandwich' atomic layers to make new materials for energy storage

Using a method they invented for joining disparate elemental layers into a stable material with uniform, predictable properties, researchers are testing an array of new combinations that may vastly expand the options available to create faster, smaller, more efficient energy storage, advanced electronics and wear-resistant materials.

Aug 14th, 2015

Recipe book for colloids

New study shows correlation between microscopic structures and macroscopic properties.

Aug 14th, 2015

Scientists achieve major breakthrough in thin-film magnetism

New research has uncovered a new twist to the story of thin-film magnetism.

Aug 14th, 2015

New optical chip lights up the race for quantum computer

Researchers have developed an optical chip that can process photons in an infinite number of ways.

Aug 13th, 2015

Black phosphorus surges ahead of graphene

Scientists tune black phosphorus' band gap to form a superior conductor, allowing for the application to be mass produced for electronic and optoelectronics devices.

Aug 13th, 2015

Rice, Penn State open center for 2-D coatings

A new center at Rice University and Pennsylvania State University will study, in collaboration with industry, the development of atom-thin two-dimensional coatings for a variety of uses.

Aug 13th, 2015

Advance in photodynamic therapy offers new approach to ovarian cancer

Researchers have made a significant advance in the use of photodynamic therapy to combat ovarian cancer in laboratory animals, using a combination of techniques that achieved complete cancer cell elimination with no regrowth of tumors.

Aug 13th, 2015

New fluorescent polymer makes deformation visible

A new type of polymer can show that it has changed shape. After exposure to UV light, the chain-like molecules emit a different colour of light. This opens a new pathway for research into how viruses function in a cell and how minor damage in rubbers and plastics can accumulate and lead to rupture.