New artificial cells mimic nature's tiny reactors

A new approach creates microscale bioreactors for studying complex reactions for energy production and storage.

New database shows nanotechnology in common food products

The database contains almost 300 food products and food contact products that use nanoparticles.

Double the (quantum) fun

A detailed analysis of the electrical characteristics of a tiny transistor made from 2 quantum dots could help researchers design better devices to manipulate single electrons.

Even if imprisoned inside a crystal, molecules can still move

For the first time, a study has shown that residual movements continue to animate proteins inside a crystal and that this movement 'blurs"´' the structures obtained via crystallography. The study stresses that the more these residual movements are restricted, the better the crystalline order.

New surfaces delay ice formation

Call it a split personality: Water-attracting spots on water-repelling surfaces can prevent ice formation at 6 degrees below freezing for more than 3 hours.

Organic semiconductors get weird at the edge

New work details how electronic properties at the edges of organic molecular systems differ from the rest of the material.

Simple detection of magnetic skyrmions

New physical effect: researchers discover a change of electrical resistance in magnetic whirls.