In 1665, Christiaan Huygens found that two pendulum clocks, hung in the same wooden structure, oscillated spontaneously and perfectly in line but in opposite directions: the clocks oscillated in anti-phase. Researchers now showed a nanoscale versi...
Jul 2, 2019
Scientists have demonstrated a new experimental capability for watching thin film growth in real-time.
Jul 2, 2019
Chemists are reporting a new finding on how sickle cells are formed, which may lead not only to stopping their formation, but to new avenues for making uniformly-sized nanoparticles for industry.
Jul 2, 2019
When it comes to electric charge, there is one overriding theme: opposites attract, and like charges repel. But in a new study, physicists have made the surprising discovery that two spherical like-charged metal nanoparticles with unequal charges ...
Jul 2, 2019
Machines are quite comfortable with human cells. Embeddable sensors record how and when neurons fire; neuron-like devices could even boost faster regrowth after being implanted in the brain; and...
Jul 2, 2019
Emerging single-cell diagnostics rely on the potential to rapidly and efficiently isolate bacteria from complex biological matrices. In a recent study now published in Microsystems and Nanoengineering, Jung Y. Han and colleagues at the interdiscip...
Jul 2, 2019
By energizing precursor molecules using a tiny, high-energy supersonic jet of inert gas, researchers have dramatically accelerated the fabrication of nanometer scale structures. The rapid additive manufacturing technique also allows them ...
Jul 2, 2019
New aerogel material can passively capture solar heat for home heating or industrial applications.
Jul 2, 2019
Greasy fingerprints on shiny stainless steel surfaces are not only unattractive but also have a negative impact on the particular surface. A new nanocoating that is being created by Fraunhofer...
Jul 2, 2019
By energizing precursor molecules using a tiny, high-energy supersonic jet of inert gas, researchers have dramatically accelerated the fabrication of nanometer scale structures. The rapid additive manufacturing technique also allows them to produc...
Jul 2, 2019
