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Nanophysics Feb 26, 2025

World's smallest shooting video game uses nanoscale technology

A research team led by Professor Takayuki Hoshino of Nagoya University's Graduate School of Engineering in Japan has demonstrated the world's smallest shooting game by manipulating nanoparticles in real time, resulting in ...

Nanophysics Feb 25, 2025

Using weak spots in semiconductor nanoplatelets to direct nanoscale assemblies

Cadmium selenide nanoplatelets provide a promising foundation for the development of innovative electronic materials. Researchers around the world have taken a particular interest in these tiny platelets, which are only a ...

Nanomaterials Feb 24, 2025

Hydrogen becomes a superfluid at nanoscale, confirming 50-year-old prediction

Hydrogen nano-clusters at low temperatures display 'superfluidity'—a quantum state of frictionless flow only previously observed in helium.

Condensed Matter Feb 18, 2025

Nanoscale technique uses atomic vibrations to show how quantum materials behave at interfaces

Scientists are racing to develop new materials for quantum technologies in computing and sensing for ultraprecise measurements. For these future technologies to transition from the laboratory to real-world applications, a ...

Nanomaterials Feb 10, 2025

Nanoscale tin catalyst discovery paves way for sustainable CO₂ conversion

Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing next-generation electrocatalysts.

Nanophysics Jan 24, 2025

Deep-ultraviolet laser microscope reveals diamond's nanoscale transport behaviors

Ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors—such as diamond—are promising for next-generation electronics due to a larger energy gap between the valence and conduction bands, allowing them to handle higher voltages, operate at higher ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 14, 2025

Engineering quantum entanglement at the nanoscale

Physicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways that photons, electrons, and other subatomic particles interact at extremely small scales. Engineers have spent decades figuring out ...

Analytical Chemistry Jan 6, 2025

Foldable molecular paths mimic paper folding at nanoscale

The elegant simplicity of folding paper has inspired researchers to explore the possibility of replicating this flexibility at the molecular level. After extensive experimentation, they uncovered foldable molecular paths ...

Nanophysics Jan 1, 2025

New 'all-optical' nanoscale sensors of force access previously unreachable environments

Mechanical force is an essential feature for many physical and biological processes. Remote measurement of mechanical signals with high sensitivity and spatial resolution is needed for a wide range of applications, from robotics ...

General Physics Dec 23, 2024

Twisted Edison: Filaments curling at the nanoscale produce light waves that twirl as they travel

Bright, twisted light can be produced with technology similar to an Edison light bulb, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown. The finding adds nuance to fundamental physics while offering a new avenue for robotic ...

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