Inspired by the hair of blue tarantulas, researchers made a structural-colored material that shows consistent color from all viewing directions. This finding overturns the conventional wisdom that long-range order photonic structures are always iridescent.
Feb 7th, 2017
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Scientists have filmed the process by which lymphocytes drill holes in their victims, laying bare key steps taken by the immune system to rid our body of harmful invaders.
Feb 7th, 2017
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Using tiny snippets of DNA as 'barcodes', researchers have developed a new technique for rapidly screening the ability of nanoparticles to selectively deliver therapeutic genes to specific organs of the body.
Feb 7th, 2017
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In a novel type of experiment, regularly arranged atoms in a crystal are set into vibration by a laser pulse and a sequence of snapshots is generated via changes of x-ray absorption.
Feb 7th, 2017
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From the beginnings of research to practical applications.
Feb 7th, 2017
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Modeling the electron density distribution of a molecule in transparent resin.
Feb 7th, 2017
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Multi-digit systems, solitonics and brain-like machines.
Feb 6th, 2017
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A new technology platform that tunes the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals 'ON' only in the presence of the targeted disease.
Feb 6th, 2017
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Graphene-based materials, prepared from the exfoliation of graphite oxide, are used as a model of interstellar carbon dust as they contain a relatively large amount of atomic defects, either at their edges or on their surface. These defects are thought to sustain the Eley-Rideal chemical reaction, which recombines two H atoms into one H2 molecule.
Feb 3rd, 2017
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Scientists have demonstrated the world-wide first transistor based on germanium that can be programmed between electron- (n) and hole- (p) conduction.
Feb 3rd, 2017
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Researchers have devised a rapid screening method to select the most promising nanoparticles, thereby fast-tracking the development of future treatments. In less than a week, they are able to determine whether nanoparticles are compatible or not with the human body - an analysis that previously required several months of work.
Feb 3rd, 2017
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Skyrmionic bubbles, a potential data carrier in low-energy computing systems, can be controlled using temperature or a magnetic field.
Feb 3rd, 2017
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3-D atomistic structure of a real iron-platinum nanoparticle reveals previse magnetic properties.
Feb 2nd, 2017
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The world's tiniest hammer will allow researchers to get a cellular-level understanding of what happens when force is applied to brain cells.
Feb 2nd, 2017
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The addition of specific molecules to 'trap' charge carriers in semiconducting polymers proves to be a powerful method of mastering the materials' electrical properties.
Feb 2nd, 2017
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Nanometer-scale magnetic perforated grids could create new possibilities for computing. Scientists have shown how a cobalt grid can be reliably programmed at room temperature.
Feb 2nd, 2017
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