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Nanophysics Apr 17, 2018

Nanomotor guided inside a living cell using a magnetic field

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore has developed a type of nanomotor that can be guided inside of a living cell using an external magnetic field. In their paper published in the journal ...

Nanomaterials Apr 13, 2018

Could holey silicon be the holy grail of electronics?

Electronics miniaturization has put high-powered computing capability into the hands of ordinary people, but the ongoing downsizing of integrated circuits is challenging engineers to come up with new ways to thwart component ...

General Physics Apr 12, 2018

Researchers find combination for small data storage and tinier computers

It may sound like a futuristic device out of a spy novel, a computer the size of a pinhead, but according to new research from the University of New Hampshire, it might be a reality sooner than once thought. Researchers have ...

Space Exploration Apr 4, 2018

Supercomputer simulations shed light on the heliospheric interface

"Three-dimensional Features of the Outer Heliosphere Due to Coupling between the Interstellar and Heliospheric Magnetic Field. V. The Bow Wave, Heliospheric Boundary Layer, Instabilities, and Magnetic Reconnection" originally ...

Nanomaterials Mar 21, 2018

Researchers explore enzymetic activities based on nanocomplex sensors

A team of researchers from Ludong University compared the susceptibility of different triangle silver nanoprisms (TSNPRs) towards H2O2 and elucidated the influence of capping agents and structural size on the etching process, ...

General Physics Mar 9, 2018

The quantum states on the surface of conducting materials can strongly interact with light

An exotic state of matter that is dazzling scientists with its electrical properties, can also exhibit unusual optical properties, as shown in a theoretical study by researchers at A*STAR.

Nanophysics Mar 2, 2018

New insight into nanopatterning diamond

The ability to etch nanostructures onto the surface of diamond is expected to have a wide variety of potential applications, but so far etching and patterning diamond at the nanoscale has been challenging, as diamond is highly ...

Nanophysics Feb 21, 2018

Spatial structure of bound hole states in black phosphorous

NUS chemists have discovered that the bound states of "holes" (the absence of an electron which leads to a net positive charge) in black phosphorus changes from an extended ellipse into a dumbbell shape when it is electrically ...

General Physics Feb 21, 2018

Unprecedented single-digit-nanometer magnetic tunnel junction demonstrated

A research group from Tohoku University has revealed ultra-small magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) down to a single-digit-nanometer scale that have sufficient retention properties and yet can be switched by a current.

Condensed Matter Feb 5, 2018

Scientists found and studied complex types of defects in the droplets of liquid crystals

A team of scientists from Kirensky Institute of Physics of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science and Siberian Federal University (SFU) together with Russian and foreign colleagues studied droplets of a cholesteric ...

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