Materials scientists at Duke University have theorized a new “oil-and-vinegar” approach to engineering self-assembling materials of unusual architectures made out of spherical...
Mar 29, 2019
Rice University chemists show how PTFE - aka Teflon - in standard lab stir bars affects a chemical reaction used to reduce nanotubes, skewing the results.
Mar 29, 2019
One important requirement to see quantum effects is to remove all thermal energy from the particle motion, i.e. to cool it as close as possible to absolute zero temperature. Researchers at the University of Vienna, the Austrian Academy of Sciences...
Mar 29, 2019
Scientists developed a coupled-cavities quantum electrodynamics (QED) system, in which two nanofiber cavity-QED systems are coherently connected by a meter-long, low-loss optical fiber. This may be an important step towards the physical implementa...
Mar 29, 2019
High-resolution optical microscopy methods promise breakthroughs in materials science, biology, and medicine. Today, their possibilities basically reach those of scanning electron microscopy.
Mar 29, 2019
Researchers have designed two types of nano-sized building blocks that can automatically connect into cubes and scramble back into individual components based on the temperature of their environment. This accomplishment is another step towards che...
Mar 29, 2019
The new linear translation stage from PI is engineered for industrial applications with high demands on dynamics, precision, smooth scan motion, short settling times, and low tracking error.
Mar 28, 2019
A research team has developed tiny optical elements from metal nanoparticles and a polymer that one day could replace traditional refractive lenses to realize portable imaging systems and optoelectronic devices.
Mar 28, 2019
Scientists have discovered a special phenomenon in magnets. This phenomenon takes place at the nanoscale and enables magnets to be assembled in unusual configurations, which could also be useful for computer technology and data storage.
Mar 28, 2019
Prototype detector has already put meaningful bounds on dark matter The post Superconducting nanowires could shed light on dark matter appeared first on Physics World.
Mar 28, 2019
