Bacteria have the ability to dynamically move toward a nutrient source—a phenomenon called chemotaxis—and they can move together through a process called swarming. Chinese researchers...
Aug 1, 2019
A new study into better understanding how tiny, yet powerful, bubbles develop and collapse on underwater surfaces could enable the development of more robust industrial structures like ship...
Aug 1, 2019
Selective catalysis plays a key role in various applications, such as the chemical industry and oil refining, hence, developing catalysts with high efficiency and excellent chemoselectivity has become a research hotspot. Compared with other materi...
Aug 1, 2019
An international team headed up by Alexander Holleitner and Jonathan Finley, physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has succeeded in placing light sources in atomically thin material layers with an accuracy of just a few nanometer...
Aug 1, 2019
Engineers use a single enzyme biomineralization process to create a solar-driven water splitting catalyst that produces hydrogen with the potential to be manufactured sustainably, cheaply and abundantly.
Aug 1, 2019
A new study details how a quantum computing technique called 'quantum annealing' can be used to solve problems relevant to fundamental questions in nuclear physics about the subatomic building blocks of all matter. It could also help ans...
Aug 1, 2019
When two mesh screens are overlaid, beautiful patterns appear when one screen is offset. These 'moiré patterns' have long intrigued artists, scientists and mathematicians and have found applications in printing, fashion and banknotes. No...
Aug 1, 2019
The properties of high-temperature superconductors can be tailored by the introduction of artificial defects. An international research team has succeeded in producing the world's densest complex nano arrays for anchoring flux quanta, the flu...
Aug 1, 2019
Physicists have succeeded in placing light sources in atomically thin material layers with an accuracy of just a few nanometers. The new method allows for a multitude of applications in quantum technologies, from quantum sensors and transistors in...
Aug 1, 2019
Scientists from Osaka University have demonstrated how information encoded in the circular polarization of a laser beam can be translated into the spin state of an electron in a quantum dot (QD). They used laser light to send quantum information t...
Aug 1, 2019
