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Novel sheet camera can be wrapped around everyday objects to capture images

Researchers have designed and fabricated a flexible lens array that adapts its optical properties when the sheet camera is bent. This optical adaptation enables the sheet camera to produce high quality images over a wide range of sheet deformations.

Apr 12th, 2016

Using nanotubes to create single photons for quantum communication

Demonstration of room temperature, single photon emission in doped carbon nanotubes opens a new path toward quantum information technologies.

Apr 12th, 2016

New technique creates precisely sized nanocontainers useful for drug delivery

The method employs microfluidics to create precise nanoscale spherical capsules.

Apr 12th, 2016

Tumble-proof cargo transporter in biological cells

New model shows how collective transport by synthetic nanomotors along biopolymer filaments can be effectively directed.

Apr 12th, 2016

Researchers create perfect nanoscrolls from graphene's imperfect form

A research team fabricated nanoscrolls made from graphene oxide flakes and was able to control the dimensions of each nanoscroll, using both low- and high-frequency ultrasonic techniques. The scrolls have mechanical properties that are similar to graphene, and they can be made at a fraction of the cost.

Apr 12th, 2016

New transparent luminous nanoparticles provide high temperature stable protection against counterfeiting

Research scientists have developed luminous particles that can also withstand high temperatures. When activated by UV light or x-rays, they glow orange red.

Apr 12th, 2016

New hybrid inks permit printed, flexible electronics without sintering

Researchers have combined the benefits of organic and inorganic electronic materials in a new type of hybrid inks. This allows electronic circuits to be applied to paper directly from a pen, for example.

Apr 12th, 2016

Three-way battles in the quantum world

In phase transitions, for instance between water and water vapour, the motional energy competes with the attractive energy between neighbouring molecules. Physicists have now studied quantum phase transitions in which distant particles also influence one another.

Apr 12th, 2016

Study finds unexpected long-range particle interactions (w/video)

Spinning cells could attract each other across surprisingly long distances.

Apr 11th, 2016

Physicists discover new material that may speed computing

Physicists have discovered a topological metal, PtSn4 (platinum and tin), with a unique electronic structure that may someday lead to energy efficient computers with increased processor speeds and data storage.

Apr 11th, 2016

Tumble-proof cargo transporter in biological cells

New model shows how collective transport by synthetic nanomotors along biopolymer filaments can be effectively directed.

Apr 11th, 2016

Topology explains queer electrical current boost in non-magnetic metal

An international team of physicists has discovered that applying a magnetic field to a non-magnetic metal made it conduct 70% more electricity, even though basic physics principles would have predicted the opposite.

Apr 11th, 2016

Photochemical metallization allows the manufacture of touchscreens in a single step

Researchers are presenting a new process that, in a single step, allows manufacture of conductive paths that are just a few micrometers in width on flexible foils. As a result, new designs for appliances with flexible or even rollable displays will be possible.