Ever notice how a dried coffee stain has a thicker outer rim, while the middle of the stain remains almost unsoiled? This 'coffee ring effect' also occurs in other materials. Researchers from the Departments ...

Chemistry - Other

May 14, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0

A small piece of paper sticks to an electrically charged plastic ruler. The principle of this simple classroom physics experiment is applied at the microscopic scale by so-called optical tweezers to get the likes of polystyrene ...

Physics - General Physics

May 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Scientists from IBM today unveiled the world's smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms. Named "A Boy and His Atom," the Guinness World Records -verified ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

May 01, 2013 4.8 / 5 (25) 4 |

(Phys.org) —By introducing individual silicon atom 'defects' using a scanning tunnelling microscope, scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have coupled single atoms to form quantum states.

Physics - Quantum Physics

Apr 03, 2013 4.8 / 5 (6) 1 |

(Phys.org) —Panasonic's new color filtering technology is in the news this week after a video from DigInfo TV presented what imaging experts at Panasonic have been up to, and that is using "micro color ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Mar 29, 2013 4.8 / 5 (8) 0 |

Just as horses shake off pesky flies by twitching their skin, ships may soon be able to shed the unwanted accumulation of bacteria and other marine growth with the flick of a switch.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 31, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Ken Shepard, a professor of electrical engineering, believes there is nowhere else in the world where he could do what he does. "Imagine a convergence of semiconductor technology and biotechnology. ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jan 30, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—A team of scientists from Scotland and the Czech Republic has created a real-life "tractor" beam, as featured in the Star Trek movies, which for the first time allows a beam of light to attract ...

Physics - General Physics

Jan 25, 2013 4.4 / 5 (58) 18 |

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researchers together with researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), have developed a special treatment for cotton fabric that allows the cotton ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 21, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0

Researchers at the Centre of Astrobiology have identified microorganisms that live inside salt deposits in the acidic and ferrous environment of the Tinto River in Huelva, Spain. The extreme conditions of ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jan 11, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) researchers have developed a three-dimensional stress analysis simulator for ultra-small silicon (Si) devices. The developed simulation ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Nov 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

Controlling and modifying at will the transparency, electrical properties, and stiffness of a gel - such are the promises of a new discovery by researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Nov 06, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 3

Reza Shahbazian-Yassar thinks sodium might be the next big thing in rechargeable batteries.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Oct 08, 2012 4.8 / 5 (9) 4

A University of Central Florida research team has created the world's shortest laser pulse and in the process may have given scientists a new tool to watch quantum mechanics in action – something that has ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Sep 04, 2012 4.5 / 5 (12) 17 |

Fungi found in plants may not be the answer to mitigating climate change by storing additional carbon in soils as some previously thought, according to an international team of plant biologists.

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 30, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |