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
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Measuring the smallest magnets
Strapping two individual electrons to two ions enabled Weizmann physicists to measure the magnetic interactions between them.
Jul 28th, 2014
Read moreSuperconductivity 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
Read moreUnderstanding 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.
Jul 28th, 2014
Read moreA transistor-like amplifier for single photons
Researchers achieved a twentyfold amplification of single-photon signals with the help of an ultracold quantum gas.
Jul 28th, 2014
Read moreGraphene surfaces on photonic racetracks
Graphene could enable new kind of photonics-based chemical sensors and photo-detectors, University of Manchester researchers have shown.
Jul 28th, 2014
Read moreBuilding plasmonic nanoparticle strings with light
A new method of building materials using light could one day enable technologies that are often considered the realm of science fiction, such as invisibility cloaks and cloaking devices.
Jul 28th, 2014
Read moreNanoparticle research - simulating the Invisible (w/video)
These animations, resulting from molecular dynamics simulations, illuminate what happens, atom-by-atom, when two nanoparticles collide.
Jul 28th, 2014
Read moreResearchers achieve 'holy grail' of battery design: A stable lithium anode
Engineers use carbon nanospheres to protect lithium from the reactive and expansive problems that have restricted its use as an anode.
Jul 27th, 2014
Read moreReusable nanoadsorbent to detect sulfamide in chicken
Magnetic nanoparticles were synthesized and modified by a molecularly imprinted polymer for easy and selective extraction and determination of sulfonamides in chicken meat samples.
Jul 27th, 2014
Read moreNanoporous rugate filters detect mercury in water systems
A new ultra-sensitive, low-cost and portable system for detecting mercury in environmental water has been developed by University of Adelaide researchers.
Jul 26th, 2014
Read moreScientists test a nanoparticle 'alarm clock' to awaken immune systems put to sleep by cancer
Researchers are exploring ways to wake up the immune system so it recognizes and attacks invading cancer cells. Tumors protect themselves by tricking the immune system into accepting everything as normal, even while cancer cells are dividing and spreading.
Jul 25th, 2014
Read moreNew study calls into question the existence of silicene
A recent study at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has called into question the existence of silicene, thought to be one of the world's newest and hottest two-dimensional nanomaterials.
Jul 25th, 2014
Read moreInnovative laser experiment reveals liquid-like motion of atoms within an ultra-cold cluster
A new study has furthered our understanding of how tiny nanosystems function, unlocking the potential to create new materials using nanosized 'building blocks'.
Jul 25th, 2014
Read moreVerschleiss von nanokristallinen Metallschichten
Forscher vom Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik IWM in Freiburg haben nun mit einer aufwendigen Computersimulation gezeigt, dass nanokristalline Schichten die Reibung zwar reduzieren, dass es aber dennoch zum Verschleiss kommen kann.
Jul 25th, 2014
Read moreModeling the heart of the atom
The first supercomputer simulations of 'spin-orbit' forces between neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus open the door for numerical modeling of nuclear interactions.
Jul 25th, 2014
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