Engineering self-assembling amyloid fibers
Researchers have come up with methods to manipulate natural proteins so that they self-assemble into amyloid fibrils.
Jan 26th, 2015
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Researchers use oxides to flip graphene conductivity
By demonstrating a new way to change the amount of electrons that reside in a given region within a piece of graphene, scientists have a proof-of-principle in making the fundamental building blocks of semiconductor devices using the 2D material.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreSolid or liquid - the nanoparticle size matters
Researchers elucidate how the phase state of aerosol nanoparticles depends on their size.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreNanoshuttle wear and tear: It's the mileage, not the age
Researchers observed a molecular shuttle powered by kinesin motor proteins and found it to degrade when operating, marking the first time, they say, that degradation has been studied in detail in an active, autonomous nanomachine.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreElectronic circuits with reconfigurable pathways closer to reality
Will it be possible one day to reconfigure electronic microchips however we want, even when they are in use? A recent discovery suggests as much. The researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to create conductive pathways several atoms wide in a material, to move them around at will and even to make them disappear.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreResearchers make magnetic graphene
Researchers have found an ingenious way to induce magnetism in graphene while also preserving graphene's electronic properties. They have accomplished this by bringing a graphene sheet very close to a magnetic insulator - an electrical insulator with magnetic properties.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreEntanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers
A team of scientists has developed, for the first time, a microscopic component that is small enough to fit onto a standard silicon chip that can generate a continuous supply of entangled photons.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreChemists control structure to unlock magnetization and polarization simultaneously
Chemists have controlled the structure of a material to simultaneously generate both magnetisation and electrical polarisation, an advance which has potential applications in information storage and processing.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreVisualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
Scientists have succeeded in directly imaging how electrons interact within a single molecule.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreNanodiamonds may provide more effective cancer treatment
A new study shows that when the chemotherapy drug Epirubicin is attached to nanodiamonds, the treatment is more effective and patients suffer from less side effects.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreDetecting cancer at the atomic level
Igor Sokolov's nanoscale research could yield better ways to identify and track malignant cells.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreChromium-centered cycloparaphenylene rings for making functionalized nanocarbons
Chemists have synthesized novel transition metal-complexed cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) that enable selective monofunctionalization of CPPs for the first time, opening doors to the construction of unprecedented nanocarbons.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreGraphene enables electrical control of energy flow from light emitters
Scientists from Europe's Graphene Flagship have demonstrated active, in-situ electrical control of energy flow from erbium ions into photons and surface plasmons.
Jan 26th, 2015
Read moreImprovements in transistors will make flexible plastic computers a reality
Researchers at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science revealed that improvements should soon be expected in the manufacture of transistors that can be used, for example, to make flexible, paper-thin computer screens.
Jan 23rd, 2015
Read moreDiaper compound may expand power of microscopes
Expansion microscopy is a process that enlarges cell structures, allowing scientists to take nanoscale pictures of healthy and disease tissue throughout the body using common microscopes.
Jan 23rd, 2015
Read moreThe latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
Theory shows it should be possible to tune material's properties.
Jan 23rd, 2015
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