How to bend and stretch a diamond
The brittle material can turn flexible when made into ultrafine nanoneedles, researchers find.
Apr 20th, 2018
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3D Nanoprinting facilitates communication with light
Researchers use a high-resolution 3D printing process to produce tiny beam-shaping elements directly on optical microchips or fibers and, hence, enable low-loss coupling.
Apr 20th, 2018
Read moreMaterial defects hinder the dynamics of magnetic skyrmions
A model of the interactions between magnetic vortices and material impurities could aid the development of low-power magnetic memories.
Apr 20th, 2018
Read moreElectrical pulses shift the boundaries between magnetic patterns
Electricity can be used to control magnetic patterns in an alloy, opening up the possibility of using them in high-performance devices.
Apr 20th, 2018
Read moreRemote-control shoots laser at gold to switch on cancer-killing immune cells
A remote command could one day send immune cells on a rampage against a malignant tumor. The ability to mobilize, from outside the body, targeted cancer immunotherapy inside the body has taken a step closer to becoming reality.
Apr 20th, 2018
Read moreVisualization of molecular soccer balls
Researchers image single doped fullerene molecules using scanning tunneling microscopy.
Apr 20th, 2018
Read moreNew record on squeezing light to one atom: Atomic Lego guides light below one nanometer
Scientists have been able to confine light down to a space one atom thick in dimension, the smallest confinement ever possible.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read moreA novel way of creating gold nanoparticles in water
An experiment that, by design, was not supposed to turn up anything of note instead produced a 'bewildering' surprise, according to the scientists who made the discovery: a new way of creating gold nanoparticles and nanowires using water droplets.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read moreSpider silk key to new bone-fixing composite
Researchers have created a biodegradable composite made of silk fibers that can be used to repair broken load-bearing bones without the complications sometimes presented by other materials.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read moreDiamond-like carbon is formed differently to what was believed
Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in computational science by combining atomic-level modelling and machine learning. For the first time, the method has been used to realistically model how an amorphous material is formed at the atomic level.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read moreElectrochemical tuning of single layer materials relies on defects
Perfection is not everything, according to an international team of researchers whose 2-D materials study shows that defects can enhance a material's physical, electrochemical, magnetic, energy and catalytic properties.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read moreFar-red fluorescent silk can kill harmful bacteria as biomedical and environmental remedy
A silk hybrid material attacks bacteria when illuminated by a green light, thanks to a far-red fluorescent protein researchers transferred to its genetic makeup.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read moreEnergy conversion: Optical 'overtones' for solar cells
Scientists have found a new effect regarding the optical excitation of charge carriers in a solar semiconductor. It could facilitate the utilization of infrared light, which is normally lost in solar devices.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read moreNew cancer monitoring technology worth its weight in gold
A new blood test using gold nanoparticles could soon give oncologists an early and more accurate prognosis of how cancer treatment is progressing and help guide the on-going therapy of patients.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read moreUsing tooth sensors to detect disease (w/video)
Collaborative research team developing biological sensors that would analyze saliva, send information electronically to doctors.
Apr 19th, 2018
Read morePeptide induces chirality evolution in a single gold nanoparticle
For the first time, scientists have successfully created optically active, chiral gold nanoparticles using amino acids and peptides.
Apr 19th, 2018
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