Graphene triangles with an edge length of only a few atoms behave like peculiar quantum magnets. When two of these nano-triangles are joined, a 'quantum entanglement' of their magnetic moments takes place: the structure becomes antiferro...
Jun 2, 2020
Rice University researchers capture the first video of boron nitride nanotubes in motion to prove their potential for materials and medical applications.
Jun 2, 2020
Toyohashi University of Technology research team have succeeded in developing a variable color sheet with a film thickness of 400 nanometers that changes color when stretched and shrunk. The developed stretchable color sheets are expected to be ap...
Jun 2, 2020
Enhancing magneto-optical effects is crucial for the size reduction of key photonic devices based on non-reciprocal propagation of light and to enable active nanophotonics. In this direction, an international team lead by CIC Nanogune (Spain) theo...
Jun 2, 2020
Phase transitions play an important role in materials. However, in two-dimensional materials, the most famous of which is graphene, phase transitions can be very difficult to study. Researchers from Delft University of Technology and the Universit...
Jun 1, 2020
Power consumption of a home refrigerator can be cut by 29% while improving cooling capacity. Researchers replaced widely-used, but environmentally unfriendly, R134a refrigerant with the more energy-efficient R600a. They dosed R600a with multi-wall...
Jun 1, 2020
Researchers have created a new technology that enhances scientists' ability to communicate with neural cells using light. The team synthesized three-dimensional fuzzy graphene on a nanowire template to create a superior material for photother...
Jun 1, 2020
MIT engineers have found a way to boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors. They showed that if they treated mice with these drugs along with new nanoparticles that stimulate the immune system, the therapy...
Jun 1, 2020
Plant biologists have developed a new nanosensor that monitors foundational mechanisms related to stress and drought. The new biosensor allows researchers to analyze changes in real time as they happen involving kinases, enzymes that catalyze key ...
Jun 1, 2020
A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has created a new technology that enhances scientists' ability to communicate with neural cells using light. Tzahi Cohen-Karni, associate professor of biomedical engineering and material...
Jun 1, 2020
