The next generation of electronics, as well as ultra-sensitive medical diagnostics, could depend on near atomic scale cracks - or nanogaps - in electrodes. Now, researchers have developed a method that could pave the way for mass production of nanogap electrodes.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Researchers are developing a new method of cooling in which heat and cold are transferred using shape memory materials made from a nickel-titanium alloy.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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An international group of physicists has created an artificial material with a structure comparable to graphene.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Compressing cells allows delivery of new fluorescent tags to track proteins in living cells.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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The structure's struts and braces are made of glassy carbon and are less than 1 micron long and 200 nm in diameter. They are smaller than comparable metamaterials by a factor of 5.
Feb 2nd, 2016
Read moreUsing nanoparticles to engineer a special drug, a team of researchers has demonstrated in mice a new way to both reduce preterm birth and avoid the risks of medication in pregnancy to unborn babies.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Scientists have developed a new biosensor test system based on magnetic nanoparticles that is similar (in its principal) to a pregnancy test. This system is designed to provide highly accurate measurements of the concentration of protein molecules (e.g. markers, which indicate the onset or development of a disease) in various samples, including opaque solutions or strongly coloured liquids.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Researchers are developing nondestructive ways to detect damage in composites, using traditional medical inspection techniques such as X-rays and sonograms and advanced methods including infrared imaging, ultrasonic spectroscopy and computed tomography.
Feb 1st, 2016
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A new analysis has revealed kerogen's internal structure, in detail down to the atomic level.
Feb 1st, 2016
Read moreThe discovery has the potential to improve technologies that involve microfluidics, heat transfer, heat exchange, micro-heat exchange, water management and thermal management.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Researchers have developed a method for controlling the propagation of magnetic spin waves at the nanolevel in a targeted and simple way; so far, this required a lot of power. They have thus created a basis for nanocircuits that use spin waves.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Scientists have made a breakthrough in physics. They succeeded in transporting heat maximally effectively ten thousand times further than ever before. The discovery may lead to a giant leap in the development of quantum computers.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Scientists took a closer look at the phenomenon of thermalization and found a special quantum-mechanical kind of cooling at work.
Feb 1st, 2016
Read moreNew research results resolve a research question on the properties of electron spin in single layers of 2D materials, and paves the way for the next generation of spintronics and low-power devices.
Feb 1st, 2016
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New research describes anomalies in the behaviour of electrons in electrons on liquid helium two-dimensional system.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Researchers have created the world's smallest integrated optical switch. Applying a small voltage causes an atom to relocate, turning the switch on or off.
Feb 1st, 2016
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