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Rubidium atoms mimic the Eiffel Tower, a Möbius strip and other 3-D shapes
A new experiment gives rubidium atoms a certain je ne sais quoi. Scientists arranged individual atoms of the element rubidium into a...
Sep 7, 20181 min read
Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for...
Aug 31, 20184 min read
Inspired by feet
Geckos, spiders and beetles have shown us how to do it: thanks to special adhesive elements on their feet, they can easily run along...
Aug 31, 20184 min read
A materials scientist's dream come true
In the 1940s, scientists first explained how materials can deform plastically by atomic-scale line defects called dislocations. These...
Aug 21, 20183 min read
Color effects from transparent 3D printed nanostructures
Most of the objects we see are colored by pigments, but using pigments has disadvantages: such colors can fade, industrial pigments are...
Aug 17, 20183 min read
Twisted electronics open the door to tunable 2D materials
Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene have unique electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties that promise to...
Aug 16, 20184 min read
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