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Physicists build muscle for shape-changing, cell-sized robots
An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible? Cornell...
Dec 28, 20173 min read
Now entering, lithium niobate valley
If the epicenter of the electronics revolution is named after the material that made it possible -- silicon?-- then the birthplace of the...
Dec 22, 20173 min read
The coldest chip in the world
Physicists at the University of Basel have succeeded in cooling a nanoelectronic chip to a temperature lower than 3 millikelvin. The...
Dec 21, 20172 min read
Study resolves controversy about electron structure of defects in graphene
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo's Physics Institute (IF-USP), Brazil, has resolved a longstanding controversy dogging...
Dec 20, 20173 min read
Nanoscale super-resonator extends light lifetime
Scientists designed the first subwavelength dielectric resonators for light trapping at the nanoscale that appears to be the simple...
Dec 18, 20173 min read
'Quantum material' has shark-like ability to detect small electrical signals
A "quantum material" that mimics a shark's ability to detect the minute electric fields of small prey has been shown to perform well in...
Dec 15, 20173 min read
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