Dancing droplets (w/video)
Researchers have developed a system of using sound waves to move, merge or sort minuscule droplets with reagents or cells in a controlled manner.
Jun 25th, 2015
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3D plasmonic antenna capable of focusing light into few nanometers
Adopting the proximal focused-ion-beam milling technology, researchers developed a three dimensional 4 nanometer wide gap-plasmon antenna. By squeezing the photons into a three dimensional nano space, the researchers were able to increase the intensity of light 400,000 times stronger than that of the incident light.
Jun 25th, 2015
Read moreNew polymer-piezoelectric hybrid creates potential for 'materials that compute'
Moving closer to the possibility of 'materials that compute' and wearing your computer on your sleeve, researchers have designed a responsive hybrid material that is fueled by an oscillatory chemical reaction and can perform computations based on changes in the environment or movement, and potentially even respond to human vital signs.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreSilica 'spiky screws' could enhance industrial coatings, additive manufacturing
A molecular process paves the way for improved silica structure design by introducing microscopic, segmented screw-like spikes that can more effectively bond materials for commercial use.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreSpintronics advance brings wafer-scale quantum devices closer to reality
Researchers have made a crucial step toward nuclear spintronic technologies. They have gotten nuclear spins to line themselves up in a consistent, controllable way, and they have done it using a high-performance material that is practical, convenient, and inexpensive.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreTowards graphene biosensors
For the first time, a team of scientists has succeeded in precisely measuring and controlling the thickness of an organic compound that has been bound to a graphene layer. This might enable graphene to be used as a sensitive detector for biological molecules in the future.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreInteraction of tailored light with a single atom and individual nanostructures
By adapting a mode of the light field to a system under study, the interaction of light with matter can be optimized. In this context, the spatial distribution of the electric field of such a tailored mode plays an important role. Researchers use this approach to couple light to a single atom or individual nanoparticles.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreGiving atoms their marching orders with nanotubes
Highly homogeneous nanotube enforces single-file flow of atoms in gas diffusion.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreNanowires could be the LEDs of the future
LEDs made from nanowires will use less energy and provide better light. Researchers studied nanowires using X-ray microscopy and with this method they can pinpoint exactly how the nanowire should be designed to give the best properties.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreScientists highlight the importance of hybrid nanomaterials for non-invasive cancer diagnosis
Owing to recent spectacular advances in nanochemistry and nanomaterials sciences, substantial progress in the design and synthesis of synthetic nanoscale hybrid materials has been achieved with new or improved properties. This allows scientists to fabricate new hybrid materials that can be used in individual and multimodal imaging techniques simultaneously.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreThe world's first full-color, flexible skin-like display
Researchers developed an ultrathin nanostructured surface that can change color by applying voltage. The new method doesn't need its own light source. Rather, it reflects the ambient light around it.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreLike cotton candy? You'll love electrospinning
Forget that old glucose test. In the future, suits of light and virus-filled fibers could detect trace amounts of biological molecules.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreNew device tracks chemical signals within cells
Biomedical engineers have invented a new device that more quickly and accurately 'listens in' on the chemical messages that tell our cells how to multiply. The tool improves our understanding of how cancerous growth begins, and could identify new targets for cancer medications.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreFirst report of detecting spin precession in silicon nanowires
Scientists have reported the first observation of spin precession of spin currents flowing in a silicon nanowire transport channel, and determined spin lifetimes and corresponding spin diffusion lengths in these nanoscale spintronic devices.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreResearchers align atomic friction experiment
To study friction on the atomic scale, researchers have conducted the first atomic-scale experiments and simulations of friction at overlapping speeds.
Jun 24th, 2015
Read moreA novel scanning cavity microscope for nanosystems
Scientists can image the optical properties of individual nanoparticles with a novel microscope.
Jun 24th, 2015
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