Did you know that silk fabric is made from … well, worm spit? The way that silkworms wind their cocoons from fibers in their slimy saliva is now helping scientists more easily make new biomedical materials. Researchers ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2022
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Monash University researchers have demonstrated a new, counterintuitive way to protect atomically thin electronics—adding vibrations, to reduce vibrations.
Nanophysics
Dec 15, 2022
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Due to their low-friction properties, materials consisting of single atomic layers are of great interest for applications where the aim is to reduce friction—such as hard disks or moving components for satellites or space ...
Nanophysics
Dec 7, 2022
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A new study involving researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago achieved a milestone in the synthesis of multifunctional photonic nanomaterials.
Nanophysics
Dec 5, 2022
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When charged particles are shot through ultra-thin layers of material, sometimes spectacular micro-explosions occur, and sometimes the material remains almost intact. The reasons for this have now been explained by researchers ...
Nanophysics
Nov 28, 2022
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Tiny magnetic whirlpools could transform memory storage in high performance computers.
Nanophysics
Nov 21, 2022
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Skyrmions and bimerons are fundamental topological spin textures in magnetic thin films with asymmetric exchange interactions, and they can be used as information carrier for next generation low energy consumption memory, ...
Nanophysics
Nov 11, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have discovered a new material, MnBi6Te10, which can be used to create quantum highways along which electrons can move. These electron ...
Nanophysics
Nov 9, 2022
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Plant-derived materials such as cellulose often exhibit thermally insulating properties. A new material made from nanoscale cellulose fibers shows the reverse, high thermal conductivity. This makes it useful in areas previously ...
Nanophysics
Nov 4, 2022
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Hair loss is undesirable for many men—and women—because one's hairstyle is often closely tied to their self-confidence. And while some people embrace it, others wish they could regrow their lost strands. Now, researchers ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 31, 2022
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