Research team finds physics treasure hidden in a wallpaper pattern

An international team of scientists has discovered a new, exotic form of insulating material with a metallic surface that could enable more efficient electronics or even quantum computing.

Complete fly brain imaged at nanoscale resolution

Two high-speed electron microscopes. 7,062 brain slices. 21 million images. For a team of scientists these numbers add up to a technical first: a high-resolution digital snapshot of the adult fruit fly brain.

Targeting headaches and tumors with nano-submarines (w/video)

Scientists have developed a new method to enable miniature drug-filled nanocarriers to dock on to immune cells, which in turn attack tumors.

New Computer Model Predicts how fracturing metallic glass releases energy at the atomic level

This new modeling technique could improve computer-aided materials design and help researchers determine the properties of metallic glasses.

Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers

A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultrafast electronic devices.

Engineers develop world's most efficient semiconductor for thermal management

New material draws heat away from hotspots much faster than current materials.

Puzzling results explained - a multiband approach to Coulomb drag and indirect excitons

Taking a multiband approach explains ?electron-hole reverse drag? and exciton formation.