Usually, the electrical resistance of a material depends very much on its physical dimensions and fundamental properties. Under special circumstances, however, this resistance can adopt a fixed value that is independent of the basic material prope...
Oct 6, 2021
Under special circumstances, the electrical resistance of a material can adopt a fixed value that is independent from the basic material properties and 'quantized'. This 'quantization' normally occurs within strong magnetic fie...
Oct 6, 2021
Scientists hope that tiny sacs of material excreted by cells -- so-called extracellular vesicles -- can be used to deliver drugs inside the body. Researchers now show that these nano-bubbles can transport protein drugs that reduce inflammation cau...
Oct 6, 2021
New algorithm predicts how polymer chains fold by minimizing the energy of a quantum system
Oct 6, 2021
NUS scientists have predicted a new type of nonequilibrium effects that could generally exist in nanoscale electronic devices, and successfully explained a recent puzzling experiment using the effects.
Oct 6, 2021
A team of scientists from Germany, Sweden and China has discovered a new physical phenomenon: complex braided structures made of tiny magnetic vortices known as skyrmions. Skyrmions were first detected experimentally a little over a decade ago and...
Oct 6, 2021
A team of scientists has discovered a new physical phenomenon: complex braided structures made of tiny magnetic vortices known as skyrmions. Skyrmions were first detected experimentally a little over a decade ago and have since been the subject of...
Oct 6, 2021
Tokyo Tech researchers have developed a small, flexible thin film device that can be implanted in the body and powered wirelessly to generate heat. Utilizing induction heating, a magnetic field is applied to the device from outside the body, rais...
Oct 6, 2021
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano- and submicron-sized bioparticles formed by the majority of the cells in the human body. They hold biological data such as ribonucleic acid and proteins which can be transported to local and remote cells since...
Oct 6, 2021
Nanoparticles and nanocages are attractive materials that may be applied in color agents, catalysts, and drug delivery. For real-world use, it is necessary to produce a large number of nanoparticles of uniform size and shape, but thus far, nanopar...
Oct 6, 2021
