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World's smallest propeller could be used for microscopic medicine

Researchers announced that they had succeeded in creating a screw-shaped nanopropeller that can move in a gel-like fluid, mimicking the environment inside a living organism.

Jul 29th, 2014

The quantum Cheshire cat: Scientists separate a particle from its properties

Researchers published the results of the first Cheshire Cat experiment, separating a neutron from its magnetic field.

Jul 29th, 2014

A new way to make microstructured surfaces

Method can produce strong, lightweight materials with specific surface properties.

Jul 29th, 2014

Tough foam from tiny sheets

Researchers use graphene oxide to make ultralight foam.

Jul 29th, 2014

Optimum inertial self-propulsion design for snowman-like nanorobot

A new study investigates the effects of small but finite inertia on the propulsion of micro and nano-scale swimming machines.

Jul 29th, 2014

A green method to prepare cellulose nanoparticles from waste cotton

In addition to biodegradability and the ability to be recovered and re-used, cellulose nanoparticles are light and cheap, and they have very desirable mechanical properties. Therefore, they have high potential to be used in pharmaceutics, foodstuff, cosmetics, paper production and composite manufacturing.

Jul 29th, 2014

Nanotechnology and tyres: Greening industry and transport

The use of new nanomaterials in tyre production could help foster the sustainability of the tyre industry and reduce the environmental impact of vehicles, if the potential environmental, health and safety risks of the technology are managed carefully, according to the new OECD report 'Nanotechnology and Tyres: Greening Industry and Transport'.

Jul 28th, 2014

Colloidal beads with nanoscale DNA springs

Researchers are using magnetic beads and DNA 'springs' to create chains of varying flexibility that can be used as microscale models for polymer macromolecules.

Jul 28th, 2014

Measuring the smallest magnets

Strapping two individual electrons to two ions enabled Weizmann physicists to measure the magnetic interactions between them.

Jul 28th, 2014

Superconductivity could form at high temperatures in layered 2D crystals

An elusive state of matter called superconductivity could be realized in stacks of sheetlike crystals just a few atoms thick, a trio of physicists has determined.

Jul 28th, 2014

Understanding the source of extra-large capacities in promising Li-ion battery electrodes

Researchers recently studied a class of Li-ion battery electrodes that have capacities much greater than those of the materials used in today's batteries. The researchers wanted to determine why these materials can often store more charge than theory predicts.