A team of polymer science and engineering researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has demonstrated for the first time that the positions of tiny, flat, solid objects integrated in nanometrically thin membranes - resembling those of ...
Apr 5, 2021
Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern University and the University of Florida report a breakthrough involving a material called borophane, a sheet of boron and hydrogen a mere two atoms in thickness.
Apr 5, 2021
Researchers lengthen the lifetime of a dipolar molecule to almost three and a half seconds, a luxury of time during which they maintained the full quantum control necessary for stable qubits, the building blocks for a wide variety of exciting quan...
Apr 5, 2021
Researchers discover multiple types of DNA methylation from bacteria and microbiome using nanopore technology, opening new opportunities to discover novel drug targets.
Apr 5, 2021
A new technique that mimics the ancient Japanese art of kirigami may offer an easier way to fabricate complex 3D nanostructures for use in electronics, manufacturing and health care.
Apr 4, 2021
On-surface synthesis has received great attention as a method to create atomically-precise one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) polymers with intriguing properties. In particular, graphene na...
Apr 4, 2021
The interfacial decomposition products forming the so-called solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) during the first charging/discharging significantly determine the electrochemical performances of lithiu...
Apr 4, 2021
A new study indicates holes the solution to operational speed/coherence trade-off, potential scaling up of qubits to a mini-quantum computer.
Apr 4, 2021
University of Warwick physicists set out to find Skyrmions, only to find near-identical object with distinctive qualities that they have named an incommensurate spin crystal Scientists looked for t...
Apr 4, 2021
A new class of magnetic nanodevices could soon have their magnetism electrically controlled after a new observation from physicists show a new kind of rotation - one that is possible in materials composed of light elements.
Apr 4, 2021
