The study of active particles is one of the fastest-growing areas of physics. With 'active particles' physicists refer to objects which move by themselves as a result of internal self-propulsion. These include living things such as bacte...
Mar 13, 2023
Researchers design a custom multipixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector to guarantee high count rates and precise timing discrimination.
Mar 13, 2023
Electric cars barely existed in 2010, when the Tesla Model S was still a glint in Elon Musk’s eye. Now more than 20 million EVs girdle the globe, according to BloombergNEF—and that count is expected to nearly quadruple to 77 million by 2025. A ba...
Mar 12, 2023
New findings suggest that the blood vessels supplying aggressive brain tumors contain receptors that can be targeted by a novel type of drug-delivery nanoparticle. These...
Mar 12, 2023
A team of researchers, led by Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) chemist Prof. Philip Tinnefeld, has combined 2D MINFLUX microscopy with a new method for axial resolution. This combination, which exploits the special properties of graphene, enab...
Mar 12, 2023
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 13, 2023 Alloys that can return to their original structure after being deformed have a so-called shape memory. This phenomenon and the resulting forces are used in many mechanical actuating systems, for example in...
Mar 11, 2023
Physicists have created a novel type of analog quantum computer capable of addressing challenging physics problems that the most powerful digital supercomputers cannot solve. A...
Mar 11, 2023
Micro/nanorobots with self-propelling and -navigating capabilities have attracted extensive attention in drug delivery and therapy owing to their controllable locomotion in hard-to-reach body tissues. However,...
Mar 10, 2023
Currently, LCD screens are the most dominant and popular display technology for televisions and monitors, but they are unlikely to get significantly better in the future. Now a new study finds the kind of physics that make microscopic “invisibi...
Mar 10, 2023
Super-resolution microscopy methods are essential for uncovering the structures of cells and the dynamics of molecules. Since researchers overcame the resolution limit of around 250 nanometers (while winning the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for t...
Mar 10, 2023
