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Meet the nanomachines that could drive a medical revolution

Here are four more tiny machines that could have a big impact.

Apr 21st, 2016

Scientists blend coinage metals to obtain alloys better than gold

Scientists have developed a novel method for altering the light reflected or absorbed by a material by match-making combinations of gold, silver, and copper into various mixtures of metals, or alloys.

Apr 21st, 2016

Casimir forces: 2+1 is not always 3 (w/video)

In the microworld unity is not always strength.

Apr 21st, 2016

Smart printed sensors monitor movement sequences

A novel transparent sensor material enables movement measuring sensors to be printed onto textiles.

Apr 21st, 2016

System creates on-demand 'nanotube forests'

A system that uses a laser and electrical current to precisely position and align carbon nanotubes represents a potential new tool for creating electronic devices out of the tiny fibers.

Apr 21st, 2016

Cellphone principles help microfluidic chip digitize information on living cells (w/video)

Phone calls and text messages reach you wherever you are because your phone has a unique identifying number that sets you apart from everybody else on the network. Researchers are using a similar principle to track cells being sorted on microfluidic chips.

Apr 21st, 2016

With simple process, engineers fabricate fastest flexible silicon transistor

Researchers have fabricated a transistor that operates at a record 38 gigahertz, though their simulations show it could be capable of operating at a mind-boggling 110 gigahertz.

Apr 21st, 2016

New material combines useful, typically incompatible properties

Most materials are capable of being only one thing at a time, but a team of engineers and physicists have created an entirely new material in which completely contradictory properties can coexist.

Apr 21st, 2016

Chemists create battery technology with off-the-charts charging capacity

Researchers have invented nanowire-based battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times, moving us closer to a battery that would never require replacement.

Apr 21st, 2016

Team builds first quantum cascade laser on silicon

Eliminates the need for an external light source for mid-infrared silicon photonic devices or photonic circuits.

Apr 20th, 2016

Antimatter helps to unveil the secrets of liquid crystals

The chaos typical of liquid molecules, and the ordering characteristics of crystals. There are states of matter connecting such contradictory features: liquid crystals. Thanks to an innovative application of antimatter, it has been demonstrated that the structures formed by certain molecules of liquid crystals must in fact be different than previously thought.

Apr 20th, 2016

Zip software can detect the quantum-classical boundary (w/video)

Compression of experimental data reveals the presence of quantum correlations.

Apr 20th, 2016

Researchers develop new semiconducting polymer for forthcoming flexible electronics

Researchers have developed a new n-type semiconducting polymer with superior electron mobility and oxidative stability.

Apr 20th, 2016

A novel uniform coating process of p-ALD

Scientists have devised a clever combination of materials - when used during the thin-film growth process - to reveal that particle atomic layer deposition, or p-ALD, deposits a uniform nanometer-thick shell on core particles regardless of core size, a discovery having significant impacts for many applications since most large scale powder production techniques form powder batches that are made up of a range of particles sizes.

Apr 20th, 2016

Highlights from the Graphene Flagship

Notable achievements from the ramp-up phase of the Graphene Flagship.

Apr 20th, 2016

Cool method for making waveguides

Silicon-based films that are useful for waveguides have been made at temperatures low enough to be compatible with standard manufacturing processes.

Apr 20th, 2016

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