Researchers have pulled up isolated molecular chains from a gold surface, using the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM). The observed signal provides insight into the detachment force and binding energy of molecules.
Mar 4th, 2014
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One way to bring those costs down is to make photonics compatible with the existing silicon microelectronics industry. A promising way to do that is by growing quantum dot lasers directly on silicon substrates.
Mar 4th, 2014
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A new material could open the door to a new kind of electronics: researchers have created a stable two-dimensional electron gas in strontium titanate.
Mar 3rd, 2014
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Harvard physicists propose a device to capture energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space.
Mar 3rd, 2014
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A key to realizing commercial-scale artificial photosynthesis technology is the development of electrocatalysts that can efficiently and economically carry out water oxidation reaction that is critical to the process. Heinz Frei, a chemist with Berkeley Lab's Physical Biosciences Division, has been at the forefront of this research effort. His latest results represent an important step forward.
Mar 3rd, 2014
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Professor Rasing, physicist at Radboud University Nijmegen, came up with a new synthetic material for optical data storage.
Mar 3rd, 2014
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Scientists have shown that graphene oxide sheets can be used as an excellent support for the growth of silver particles.
Mar 3rd, 2014
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Researchers have predicted and discovered a new physical phenomenon that allows to manipulate the state of a magnet by electric signals.
Mar 3rd, 2014
Read moreA new methodology for rapidly measuring the level of antibiotic drug molecules in human blood serum has been developed, paving the way to applications within drug development and personalized medicine.
Mar 2nd, 2014
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An international research team has discovered a potentially clean, low-cost way to convert carbon dioxide into methanol, a key ingredient in the production of plastics, adhesives and solvents, and a promising fuel for transportation.
Mar 2nd, 2014
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Researchers have invented nano-optical tweezers capable of trapping and moving an individual nano-object in three dimensions using only the force of light.
Mar 2nd, 2014
Read moreResearchers have made a significant step toward visualizing small biomolecules inside living biological systems with minimum disturbance, a longstanding goal in the scientific community.They have developed a general method to image a broad spectrum of small biomolecules, such as small molecular drugs and nucleic acids, amino acids, lipids for determining where they are localized and how they function inside cells.
Mar 2nd, 2014
Read moreA team of researchers from UCLA and the University of Michigan has developed a material that could help prevent blood clots associated with catheters, heart valves, vascular grafts and other implanted biomedical devices.
Mar 1st, 2014
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are revealing the mysteries of new materials using ultra-fast laser spectroscopy, similar to high-speed photography where many quick images reveal subtle movements and changes inside the materials.
Feb 28th, 2014
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Nano-thin layers of coffee cup reveal how the surface of glass flows like liquid.
Feb 28th, 2014
Read moreResearchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an innovative cancer-fighting technique in which custom-designed nanoparticles carry chemotherapy drugs directly to tumor cells and release their cargo when triggered by a two-photon laser in the infrared red wavelength.
Feb 28th, 2014
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