Magnetic particles that flock like birds
Tracking movements of individual particles provides understanding of collective motions, synchronization and self-assembly.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreTracking movements of individual particles provides understanding of collective motions, synchronization and self-assembly.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreA international team of researchers has discovered magnetic vortex-antivortex pairs arising from correlated electron spins in a newly engineered trilayer material. The discovery could advance memory cells and points to the potential development of 3-D magnetic logic circuits.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreNew research suggests co-administration with chemotherapy drugs most effective strategy.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read morePhysicists have demonstrated the deterministic generation of entangled photon states using a single semiconductor quantum dot, and could thereby outperform fundamental sensitivity boundaries, unattainable with classical light.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreFocus on the development of drug carriers from polymer chemicals for use in biological systems.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated how to remove from and add elementary charges to a nanosphere that can be used for measuring extremely weak forces.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreScientists have fabricated a durable catalyst for high-performance fuel cells by attaching single ruthenium atoms to graphene.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreScientists have developed an artificial synapse capable of simulating a fundamental function of our nervous system - the release of inhibitory and stimulatory signals from the same 'pre-synaptic' terminal.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have found a way to create and clean tiny mechanical sensors in a scalable manner. They created these sensors by suspending a two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron nitride over small holes in a silicon substrate.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreControlled rupturing of thin films can make low-cost nanopatterned arrays for solar cells and biomolecular detection.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreBetter understanding the principles of silicon etching leads to improved surface patterning.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreSuperalloys are the wonder materials of metallurgy. By fine-tuning their composition, scientists can increase mechanical strength and improve resistance to corrosion and high-temperature shape changes.
Jun 28th, 2017
Read moreBottom-up synthesis of tunable carbon nanoribbons provides a new route to enhance industrial, automotive reactions.
Jun 27th, 2017
Read moreMeasuring 32 atoms, Canadian scientists have created a maple leaf 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.
Jun 27th, 2017
Read moreA team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases down to concentrations at the parts-per-quadrillion level using a new variation on the photoacoustic effect, a technique that measures the sound generated when light interacts with molecules.
Jun 27th, 2017
Read moreCoating of individual bacterial cells with an electron-conducting polymer provides for a high-performance anode for microbial fuel-cell applications.
Jun 27th, 2017
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