New research using single molecules suspended in ultra-cold helium droplets demonstrates better precision in measuring alignment than traditional gas-phase approaches.
Jun 13th, 2017
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The European INSPIRE project aims to develop inline sensors with a new accuracy class.
Jun 13th, 2017
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A new research project examines airborne particle mixtures and their possible effects on health.
Jun 13th, 2017
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Researchers have now managed to pinpoint what happens when light is absorbed by extremely small nanoclusters of silver atoms. The results may have useful application in the development of biosensors and in imaging.
Jun 13th, 2017
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Scientists have shown that using graphene filters could be a significantly more energy-efficient and scalable method of heavy water production.
Jun 13th, 2017
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Researchers designed a hyperbolic metasurface with a nanogroove structure in the subwavelength scale. Its enhanced plasmonic sensing performance is two orders of magnitude higher than those with current state-of-art plasmonic metamaterials and metasurfaces.
Jun 13th, 2017
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An international team has shown that it is possible to mechanically destroy cancer cells by rotating magnetic nanoparticles attached to them in elongated aggregates.
Jun 13th, 2017
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Researchers have developed a leaching process to produce ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires. The wires have with extraordinary surface activity and high surface areas. Combined, these features deliver a catalyst with a record-high conversion rate.
Jun 13th, 2017
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Flexible electronic parts could significantly improve medical implants. However, electroconductive gold atoms usually hardly bind to silicones. Researchers have now been able to modify short-chain silicones in a way, that they build strong bonds to gold atoms.
Jun 13th, 2017
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Using spins as elementary units in computing and highly efficient electronics is the ultimate goal of spintronic science because of spintronics minimal energy use. In a new study, researchers manipulated and amplified the spin current through the design of the layered structures, a vital step towards this goal.
Jun 13th, 2017
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When a carbon dioxide experiment didn't match with what theorists predicted, researchers went back to the drawing board and discovered something new.
Jun 12th, 2017
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Neural networks could be implemented more quickly using new photonic technology.
Jun 12th, 2017
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Engineers have invented biosensor technology - known as a lab on a chip - that could be used in hand-held or wearable devices to monitor your health and exposure to dangerous bacteria, viruses and pollutants.
Jun 12th, 2017
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The site-specific method could allow chemists to manipulate nanoparticles' properties.
Jun 12th, 2017
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Researchers made a sheet of boron only one atom thick with the potential to change solar panels, computers, and more.
Jun 12th, 2017
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Researchers have created a theory that predicts the properties of nanomagnets manipulated with electric currents. This theory is useful for future quantum technologies.
Jun 12th, 2017
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