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Physicists have simulated the structure of a new material based on fullerite and single crystal diamond to show how this material can...

Research team led by U of T Engineering 'squashes' the shape of nanoparticles, enabling inexpensive lasers that continuously emit light...

In living organisms, free metal ions are stored and transported through proteins assembled into highly ordered structures such as protein...

While nanoparticles sound like a recent discovery, these tiny structures have been used for centuries. The famous Lycurgus cup, made by...

Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a meter (nanometers, nm) in diameter with polymers, which are long molecular chains....

Technique mimics the natural creation of 'desert roses' in some hot, arid areas of Africa Microstructures like this one developed at...