'Buildings' in human bone may hold key to stronger 3D-printed lightweight structures
Bone-inspired architectured materials
The first sub-femtosecond study of the linear photon momentum transfer during an ionisation process provides unprecedented insight into the
A momentous view on the birth of photoelectrons
New technology lays groundwork for biosensors that improve disease diagnosis and monitoring
Chip-based optical sensor detects cancer biomarker in urine
A new material that stiffens 1,800-fold when exposed to heat could protect motorcyclists and racecar drivers during accidents.
Bio-inspired hydrogel can rapidly switch to rigid plastic
VTT developed an optical fibre made of cellulose, best suited for sensors that benefit from the biodegradability of the material
Optical fiber made of cellulose
Berkeley Lab scientists adapt microscopy technique to build and image peptoid nanosheets with unprecedented atomic precision
Freeze frame: Scientists capture atomic-scale snapshots of artificial proteins
Researchers trained material the same way as Pavlov trained dogs
Scientists have trained this piece of plastic to 'walk'
Physicists from Kiel and Copenhagen elucidate the behaviour of electrons in graphene nanoribbons
Electron correlations in carbon nanostructures
What if we could use antibodies as functional tools for nanotechnology applications? A group of researchers at the University of Rome Tor Vergata started fro...
Hiring antibodies as nanotechnology builders
A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized phenom...
Researchers discover new way to split and sum photons with silicon
Strategy to bypass trade-off between thermoelectric voltage and conductivity
Solving the thermoelectric 'trade-off' conundrum with metallic carbon nanotubes
Strong bonds between metal nanowires and polymer nanofibers enable a composite film to realize good electrical conductivity & stretchability
Stretchable, highly conductive film promising for wearable electronics
Measurements on a superconducting material show an abrupt transition between a normal metal and a 'strange' metal. The really strange thing, however, is that...
Superconductivity theory under attack
Modern computer memory encodes information by switching magnetic bits within devices. Now, a ground-breaking study conducted by researchers from NUS Electric...
Researchers find potential solution to overheating mobile phones
Scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD) have developed a novel elastocaloric cooling material, comprised of a nickel (Ni)-titanium (Ti) alloy and scul...
Additive manufacturing and NI/TI metal bolster cooling technology
Researchers get first look at exactly what happens during chemical reaction with ultracold chemistry
The coldest reaction
Making methanol just got a lot easier, now that chemists at Yale have opened up a new electron highway. The discovery, published online Nov. 27 in the journa...
