“Satellites” in the spectrum of a vibrating nanostring (lower image insert) for increasing drive power. The different brightnesses of the upper (green) and lower (blue)…
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(Click image for full view.) This illustrates how an experimental memory technology stores data by shifting the relative position of three atomically thin layers of…
The researchers looked at the yarn count, weave and mass of fabric samples such as this 100% cotton flannel (magnified about 220x times) — which…
Para-aramid nanofiber sheets atop Twaron® sheets after fragment simulation projectile testing. Credit: Grant Gonzalez/Harvard SEAS Since World War I, the vast majority of American combat…
An artist’s illustration of the light-activated antenna-reactor catalyst Rice University engineers designed to break carbon-fluorine bonds in fluorocarbons. The aluminum portion of the particle (white…
Credit: TU Delft Phase transitions play an important role in materials. However, in two-dimensional materials, the most famous of which is graphene, phase transitions can…
Microscope image, recorded using a scanning tunneling microscope, of the detector device (inside the dashed rectangle), connected to a wire consisting of nine magnetic atoms.…
University of Washington researchers used an infrared laser to cool a solid semiconductor material — labeled here as “cantilever” — by at least 20 degrees…
Figure 1. Schematic of the metal-like quantum gas. Credit: NINS/IMS Electronic properties of condensed matter are often determined by an intricate competition between kinetic energy…
Credit: EPFL EPFL researchers have developed a high-precision technology that enables them to carve nanometric patterns into two-dimensional materials. With their pioneering nanotechnology, EPFL researchers…
MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as…
An artist’s conception of the superlens compressing a laser beam into more manageable, lower-wavelength electromagnetic oscillations. Scroll down for a more accurate graphic representation. Credit:…
Silicon carbide after irradiation, in which loose carbon atoms (green) move toward the boundary (dashed line) between grains of the crystalline ceramic. Credit: Images courtesy…
Microscope image of monolithic semiconductor lasers fabricated with ring waveguides. When turned on, the light in these lasers manifests a turbulent flow, just like the…
In lab experiments, both the lung cell and immune cell types of nanosponges caused the SARS-CoV-2 virus to lose nearly 90% of its “viral infectivity”…
NANF polarization holding. Credit: University of Southampton The novel fibers’ latest advances, published recently in Nature Photonics, have underlined the technology’s potential for next-generation optical…
Australian and German researchers build modular bridge design for nanoscale photonic chip. Photonic chips have huge potential for the future of computers and telecommunications. Australian…
Artistic illustration of the light compressed below the silver nanocubes randomly placed over the graphene-based heterostructure. Credit: Matteo Ceccanti Miniaturization has enabled so many unfathomable…
The colors in this newly discovered phase of liquid crystal shift as researchers apply a small electric field. Credit: SMRC Researchers at the University of…
Inspired by nature, Illinois researchers developed synthetic structure-based color materials – like those found in chameleon skin — for polymer inks used in 3D printing.…