Manipulated hafnia paves the way for next-gen memory devices
Scientists outline new processes for leveraging hafnia's ferroelectric features with the aim of enhancing high-performance computing.
Jan 22nd, 2024
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Trapping krypton atoms inside carbon nanotubes to form one-dimensional gas
For the first time, scientists have successfully trapped atoms of krypton (Kr), a noble gas, inside a carbon nanotube to form a one-dimensional gas.
Jan 22nd, 2024
Read moreDNA origami folded into nanoscale electromotor
Scientists have created the world's first working nanoscale electromotor. They designed a turbine engineered from DNA that is powered by hydrodynamic flow inside a nanopore, a nanometer-sized hole in a membrane of solid-state silicon nitride.
Jan 19th, 2024
Read moreUsing DNA origami to show how an important cell receptor can be activated in a previously unknown way
The result opens new avenues for understanding how the Notch signalling pathway works and how it is involved in several serious diseases.
Jan 19th, 2024
Read moreBlack phosphorus propels spintronics with exceptional anisotropic spin transport
Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough by discovering the highly anisotropic spin transport nature of two-dimensional black phosphorus.
Jan 19th, 2024
Read moreA faster and cheaper way to print metal nanostructures with light
Researchers developed a light-based means of printing nano-sized metal structures that is 480 times faster and 35 times cheaper than the current conventional method.
Jan 19th, 2024
Read moreClutch-stack-driven molecular gears in crystals could propel material innovation
Temperature-controlled, reversible shifting of molecular gear motion in a solid crystal opens new possibilities for material design.
Jan 19th, 2024
Read moreThe surface knows what lies beneath: physicists show how to detect higher-order topological insulators
For an elusive conjectured class of materials, physicists have now shown that the surface previously thought to be 'featureless' holds an unmistakable signature that could lead to the first definitive observation.
Jan 19th, 2024
Read moreDNA becomes our 'hands' to construct advanced nanoparticle materials
Researchers introduce and demonstrate the power of a novel synthetic strategy that expands possibilities in metamaterial design.
Jan 18th, 2024
Read moreScientists create qubits using precision tools of nanotechnology
Creating silicon carbide qubits at the nanoscale.
Jan 18th, 2024
Read moreNanopores and deep learning change disease diagnostics
Scientists unveil a groundbreaking method using biological nanopores and deep learning to detect protein modifications, offering new avenues in disease diagnostics.
Jan 18th, 2024
Read morePhysicists create a robust and ultra-sensitive toological quantum device
The topological skin effect shields the functionality of the device from external perturbations, allowing for measurements of unprecedented precision.
Jan 18th, 2024
Read moreUnlocking the secrets of quasicrystal magnetism: revealing a novel magnetic phase diagram
Researchers unveil the magnetic phase diagram of non-Heisenberg-type approximant crystals, for the first time.
Jan 18th, 2024
Read moreNanotechnology uncovering the hidden secrets of cancer
The European consortium 3DSecret is approaching metastasis in a new way, focusing on single cells and aiming to uncover hidden patterns that can predict and forecast how cancer spreads.
Jan 18th, 2024
Read moreSeeing the shape of atomic nuclei
Scientists have developed a new way to study the shapes of atomic nuclei and their internal building blocks. The method relies on modeling the production of certain particles from high-energy collisions of electrons with nuclear targets.
Jan 18th, 2024
Read moreLight it up: reimagining the optical diode effect
Discovery of a material with a large nonreciprocal absorption of light that differs by a factor of two or more when the direction of light propagation is reversed.
Jan 18th, 2024
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