Environmentally-friendly removal of biofouling with nanocoatings
This coating makes it harder for marine organisms to grow on the hulls and makes cleaning the ships easier.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
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Monopole current offers way to control magnets
Scientists have discovered interesting new magnetic properties of a type of materials known as 'quantum spin ice'.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreFighting myocardial infarction with nanoparticle tandems
How can damaged cardiac tissue following a heart attack best be treated with replacement muscle cells? A research team is now presenting an innovative method on mice: Muscle replacement cells, which are to take over the function of the damaged tissue, are loaded with magnetic nanoparticles.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreWafer to chip: X-ray imaging for reduced defect rate
New method shows how smallest damage at the surface of semiconductor crystals develops into large defects.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreMetamaterial with a twist
Scientists have designed a three-dimensional material that converts linear compression forces into a rotation movement.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreSimulating physics
Nature is quantum mechanical, and researchers are ready to study it with a nine-qubit array and the problem of many-body localization.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreGraphene nano tweezers can grab individual biomolecules
Discovery could lead to revolutionary handheld disease diagnostic system.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreStudy confirms that cuprate materials have fluctuating stripes that may be linked to high-temperature superconductivity
These stripes of electron spin and charge are exciting because of their possible link to a phenomenon that could transform society by making electrical transmission nearly 100 percent efficient.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreSpins line up for data duty
Electric fields produced by structural mismatches between two materials could be harnessed to manage data in spintronic devices.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreResearchers advance nanotechnology technique to detect ovarian cancer
Scientists use fluorescent carbon nanotube probes to achieve first in vivo success.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreDeducing the properties of a new form of diamond
Simple model used to compute elasticity of newly synthesized glassy diamond.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreScientists visualize structure of key DNA repair component with near-atomic resolution
At the first hint of DNA damage, a protein known as an ATR kinase activates the cell's built-in repair system. Scientists have now imaged this protein at unprecedented resolution, and are beginning to understand its response to DNA damage.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreSqueezing light into a tiny channel brings optical computing a step closer
By forcing light to go through a smaller gap than ever before, researchers have paved the way for computers based on light instead of electronics.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreDesigning a golden nanopill
Researcher uses supercomputers to explore optical properties of plasmonic nanovesicles for drug delivery and investigations of molecules in the brain.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreBiotemplates breakthrough paves way for cheaper nanobots
By using bacterial flagella as a template for silica, researchers have demonstrated an easier way to make propulsion systems for nanoscale swimming robots.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreNeutrophil-inspired propulsion (w/video)
Researchers have developed a novel system that enables aggregates composed of magnetised particles to roll along a channel in a combined acoustic and magnetic field.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2017
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