During storms in the southwestern US, some rattlesnakes drink rain droplets from scales on their backs. This unusual behavior could help them survive in a desert environment with infrequent rain. Now, researchers have figured out how the nanotextu...
Jan 8, 2020
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Analytical Chemistry an efficient method for filling a batch of nanopipettes with a pore opening below 10 nanometer. The method is based on the application of a temperature gradient to the nanopipette ...
Jan 8, 2020
University of Chicago researchers develop stable and possibly scalable qubits by creating defects in commercial silicon wafers
Jan 7, 2020
Using fluorescent quantum dots, an MIT research team has created a way to administer vaccinations and record a patient’s vaccination history in the skin. The researchers developed a microneedle platform that can selectively deliver microparticles ...
Jan 7, 2020
A new method of producing carbon nanotubes has been given the green light by researchers, meaning work in this crucial field can continue.
Jan 7, 2020
A new method to fit together layers of semiconductors as thin as a few nanometres has resulted in not only a scientific discovery but also a new type of transistor for high-power electronic devices.
Jan 7, 2020
Nanomedicine is making headways. However, the tiny nanoparticles that are being used as carriers for drugs could find their way into water, soil and air. Researchers are investigating potential risks.
Jan 7, 2020
Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute for High Pressure Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have used computer modeling to refine the melting curve of...
Jan 7, 2020
A new method to fit together layers of semiconductors as thin as a few nanometers has resulted in not only a scientific discovery but also a new type of transistor for high-power electronic devices.
Jan 7, 2020
Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don’t normally support them. Using a laser pulse fired at an array of gold triangles on a titanium dioxide (TiO...
Jan 7, 2020
