For this metal, electricity flows, but not the heat

Study finds law-breaking property in vanadium dioxide that could lead to applications in thermoelectrics, window coatings.

Scientists unveil new form of matter: Time crystals

Physicists repeatedly tweaked a group of ions to create first example of a non-equilibrium material.

Researchers update 'sweet' 1950s separation method to clean nanoparticles from organisms

Giving a 65-year-old laboratory technique a new role, researchers have performed the cleanest separation to date of synthetic nanoparticles from a living organism.

First 3D observation of nanomachines working inside cells

Scientists combine genetic engineering, super-resolution microscopy and biocomputation to allow them to see in 3D the protein machinery inside living cells.

Sound waves create nanoparticle whirlpools to round up tiny signs of disease

New technique could form the basis of a small, inexpensive point-of-care device for early disease diagnosis.

Graphene demonstrates remarkable potential as life-saving antioxidant

Treated particles of graphene derived from carbon nanotubes have demonstrated remarkable potential as life-saving antioxidants, but as small as they are, something even smaller had to be created to figure out why they work so well.