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Team discovers new way to control the phase of light using 2-D materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Optical manipulation on the nano-scale, or nanophotonics, has become a critical research area, as researchers seek ways to meet the ever-increasing demand for information processing and communications. The ability to control and manipulate light o...

Feb 24, 2020

Directing nanoparticles straight to tumors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Modern anticancer therapies aim to attack tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and FU Berlin has made important progress in this area: the scientists have...

Feb 24, 2020

A simple retrofit transforms electron microscopes into high-speed atom-scale cameras

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Patented 'beam chopper' provides cost-effective way to investigate super-fast processes important for tomorrow's technology.

Feb 24, 2020

Developing lensless imaging at the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are planning to develop imaging that can look at biological systems at a much higher resolution and definition.

Feb 24, 2020

Mirrored chip could enable handheld dark-field microscopes

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms.

Feb 24, 2020

Mirrored chip could enable handheld dark-field microscopes

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms.

Feb 24, 2020

Magnetic nano-vortex: Swirling boundaries

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

For the first time, researchers have recorded a '3D film' of magnetic processes on the nanometer scale. This reveals a variety of dynamics inside the material, including the motion of swirling boundaries between different magnetic domain...

Feb 24, 2020

Going super small to get super strong metals

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Metals get stronger as the size of the grains making up the metal get smaller -- up to a point. If the grains are smaller than 10 nanometers in diameter the materials are weaker because, it was thought, they slide past each other like sand sliding...

Feb 24, 2020

Directing nanoparticles straight to tumors: Researchers trace cancer cells with tailor-made materials

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Modern anticancer therapies aim to attack tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. A team of researchers has now produced tiny nanoparticles that are designed to specifically target cancer cells. They can navigate directly to the tumor cells and ...

Feb 24, 2020

Watching magnetic nano 'tornadoes' in 3-D

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have developed a three-dimensional imaging technique to observe complex behaviours in magnets, including fast-moving waves and 'tornadoes' thousands of times thinner than a human hair.

Feb 24, 2020

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