In work that could improve understanding of how cancer spreads, a team of engineers and medical researchers developed a new kind of microfluidic chip that can capture rare, aggressive cancer cells, grow them on the chip and release single cells on demand.
May 11th, 2017
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Carbon nanobelts are expected to serve as a useful template for building carbon nanotubes and open a new field of nanocarbon science.
May 11th, 2017
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An international group of researchers has arranged 2D nanosheets of boron nitride, the 'white graphene', into membranes with a significant level of conductivity and chemical and thermal stability up to 90 C.
May 11th, 2017
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Phonon-based computing could change the world as we know it.
May 10th, 2017
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Could triboelectric nanogenerators, even theoretically, give us wearable electronics powered solely by the wearer's day-to-day body motion? The short answer is yes.
May 10th, 2017
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Physicists have solved the seemingly intractable puzzle of how to control the quantum properties of individual charged molecules, or molecular ions. The solution is to use the same kind of 'quantum logic' that drives an experimental atomic clock.
May 10th, 2017
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Cellulose nanofibers can help particles in ink and printed electronics disperse evenly, rather than spread apart like dried coffee rings.
May 10th, 2017
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Scientists have developed a dynamic multimedia fate and transport model to predict the time-dependent accumulation of metallic engineered nanomaterials across environmental media. The model considers a wider range of processes and environmental subcompartments than most previous models.
May 10th, 2017
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A team of researchers has developed the first flat lens for immersion microscopy. This lens, which can be designed for any liquid, may provide a cost-effective and easy-to-manufacture alternative to the expensive, centuries-old technique of hand polishing lenses for immersion objectives.
May 10th, 2017
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The possibility of sending and receiving holographic messages has long tantalized sci-fi fans. Although we're not there yet, scientists have now created holograms that can change from one image to another as the materials used to generate them are stretched.
May 10th, 2017
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Researchers create polarization gradient, boost temperature span of ubiquitous material.
May 10th, 2017
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Combining speed with incredible precision, a team of researchers has developed a way to print a nanoscale imaging probe onto the tip of a glass fiber as thin as a human hair, accelerating the production of the promising new device from several per month to several per day.
May 10th, 2017
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Mechanical actuators expand and contract as they let oxygen in and out.
May 10th, 2017
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A research group has recently developed an AFM-based approach called 'bimodal AFM' to obtain information about material surfaces in the X, Y, and Z directions (that is, in three dimensions) on the subatomic scale.
May 10th, 2017
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Scientists simultaneously measured the electrical conductance and thermovoltage of molecules with different groups anchoring the molecules to the electrodes at room temperature in vacuum.
May 10th, 2017
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Researchers have demonstrated a new level of optical isolation necessary to advance on-chip optical signal processing. The technique involving light-sound interaction can be implemented in nearly any photonic foundry process and can significantly impact optical computing and communication systems.
May 10th, 2017
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