Scientists observe smallest atomic displacements ever
A breakthrough in understanding materials for next-generation electronic devices.
Sep 2nd, 2011
Read moreA breakthrough in understanding materials for next-generation electronic devices.
Sep 2nd, 2011
Read moreIn things thick and thin: Cornell physicists explain how fluids -- such as paint or paste -- behave by observing how micron-sized suspended particles dance in real time. Using high-speed microscopy, the scientists unveil how these particles are responding to fluid flows from shear -- a specific way of stirring.
Sep 2nd, 2011
Read moreAn optical phenomenon that defies laws of reflection and refraction.
Sep 2nd, 2011
Read moreA University of Arkansas physicist and his colleagues have found that ultra-thin films of superconductors and related materials don't lose their fundamental properties when built under strain when built as atomically thin layers, an important step towards achieving artificially designed room temperature superconductivity. This ability will allow researchers to create new types of materials and properties and enable exotic electronic phases in ultra-thin films.
Sep 1st, 2011
Read moreNew sensor combines state-of-the-art performance and accuracy for widespread use.
Sep 1st, 2011
Read moreA research center of the CSIC participates in a study that refutes the hypothesis that their movement is based on jumps from one region to another. The porphyrins may be used in quantum computing since they keep the wave nature of electrons.
Sep 1st, 2011
Read moreIn seinem heute veroeffentlichten Sondergutachten "Vorsorgestrategien fuer Nanomaterialien" gibt der SRU Empfehlungen fuer einen verantwortungsvollen, vorsorgeorientierten Umgang mit Nanotechnologie.
Sep 1st, 2011
Read moreThe Goettingen-based physicist Stefan Hell has designed high-resolution optical microscopes which can see many times more sharply than was thought possible.
Sep 1st, 2011
Read moreBy turning a common problem in chip manufacture into an advantage, MIT researchers produce structures only 30 atoms wide.
Sep 1st, 2011
Read moreResearchers led by ETH professor Yaakov Benenson and MIT professor Ron Weiss have successfully incorporated a diagnostic biological "computer" network in human cells. This network recognizes certain cancer cells using logic combinations of five cancer-specific molecular factors, triggering cancer cells destruction.
Sep 1st, 2011
Read moreA technique that uses hydrogen to improve transistor performance on real-world graphene devices has been demonstrated on the wafer-scale by researchers in Penn State's Electro-Optics Center.
Aug 31st, 2011
Read moreIn solid materials with regular atomic structures, figuring out weak points where the material will break under stress is relatively easy. But for disordered solids, like glass or sand, their disordered nature makes such predictions much more daunting tasks. Now, a collaboration combining a theoretical model with a first-of-its kind experiment has demonstrated a novel method for identifying "soft spots" in such materials.
Aug 31st, 2011
Read moreFuture lighting needs may be supplied by a new breed of light emitting diode, or LED, that conjures light from the invisible world of quantum dots.
Aug 31st, 2011
Read moreThe technology in 'fire paint' used to protect steel beams in buildings and other structures has found a new life as a first-of-its-kind flame retardant for children's cotton sleepwear, terrycloth bathrobes and other apparel.
Aug 31st, 2011
Read moreResearchers have created and tested miniature devices that are implanted in tumors to generate oxygen, boosting the killing power of radiation and chemotherapy.
Aug 31st, 2011
Read moreMuch like a meteor impacting a planet, highly charged ions hit really hard and can do a lot of damage, albeit on a much smaller scale. And much like geologists determine the size and speed of the meteor by looking at the hole it left, physicists can learn a lot about a highly charged ion's energy by looking at the divots it makes in thin films.
Aug 31st, 2011
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