Though the double helix has become iconic for our molecular-scale understanding of life, thus far no-one has ever "seen" the double helix of an individual double-stranded DNA in its natural environment, i.e, salty water. Dr Carl Leung and a team of international collaborators led by Dr Bart Hoogenboom at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) have now done just that.
Jul 3rd, 2012
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A group of theorists at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at DESY have simulated the interaction of light and dynamic matter and found out that the obtained diffraction patterns substantially deviate from the common notion of an image of the instantaneous electron density being encoded in the scattering pattern, i.e. the question of where the electrons are located at a particular instant of time, and that they encode information on the electron motion directly.
Jul 3rd, 2012
Read moreResearchers at the McCormick School of Engineering, working with a team of scientists from the United States and abroad, have recently developed a design that allows electronics to bend and stretch to more than 200 percent their original size, four times greater than is possible with today's technology. The key is a combination of a porous polymer and liquid metal.
Jul 2nd, 2012
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New research led by chemists in the Baruch '60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking to detail the individual steps of highly efficient reactions that convert sunlight into chemical energy within plants and bacteria.
Jul 2nd, 2012
Read moreDrugs are first to topically deliver gene therapy via commercial moisturizers for skin disease treatment.
Jul 2nd, 2012
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Microcontainers for medical substances can be produced in different sizes using calcium carbonate microspheres as templates.
Jul 2nd, 2012
Read moreProducing strong, lightweight and complex parts for car manufacturing and the aerospace industry is set to become cheaper and more accurate thanks to a new technique developed by engineers from the University of Exeter. The research team has developed a new method for making three-dimensional aluminium composite parts by mixing a combination of relatively inexpensive powders.
Jul 2nd, 2012
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Scientists at Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated a novel principle of seeded free electron lasers, Echo-Enabled Harmonic Generation (EEHG) on Shanghai Deep UV Free Electron Laser (SDUV-FEL) facility.
Jul 2nd, 2012
Read moreScientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have discovered that tiny vanadium pentoxide nanoparticles can inhibit the growth of barnacles, bacteria, and algae on surfaces in contact with water, such as ship hulls, sea buoys, or offshore platforms.
Jul 2nd, 2012
Read moreThe High-Level Experts Group established by the European Commission identified "micro- and nanoelectronics including semiconductors", presently addressed by the ENIAC JU, as one of six KETs with systemic relevance for the European growth, competitiveness and jobs.
Jul 2nd, 2012
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Graphene sheets with precisely controlled pores have potential to purify water more efficiently than existing methods.
Jul 2nd, 2012
Read morePitt nanoscientists suggest the use of vacuums to overcome the limits of conventional silicon-based semiconductor electronics.
Jul 1st, 2012
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Technique offers way to study how electron acquires mass.
Jun 30th, 2012
Read moreAn attosecond is a ridiculously brief sliver of time - a scant billionth of a billionth of a second. This may seem too short to have any practical applications, but at the atomic level, where electrons zip and jump about, these vanishingly short timescales are crucial to a deeper understanding of science.
Jun 30th, 2012
Read moreMaterials scientists demonstrate first solid-oxide fuel cell capable of battery-like storage.
Jun 29th, 2012
Read moreA device about the size of a dime can manipulate living materials such as blood cells and entire small organisms, using sound waves, according to a team of bioengineers and biochemists from Penn State.
Jun 29th, 2012
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