Synthesis of borophene - atomically thin metallic boron

Synthesis of borophene expands family of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene.

Scientists discover how cancer cells escape blood vessels

Study offers new targets for drugs that may prevent cancer from spreading.

Physicists develop graphene material for a more efficient energy storage

Predictions of physicists recently lead to the discovery of a material with special electric properties which engages the interest of plastics producing industry.

Facile hydrolysis of the Metal-NHC framework under regular reaction conditions

Researchers find that Ni-NHC complexes do undergo a hydrolysis with a breakage of metal-ligand bond.

Scientists blueprint tiny cellular molecular machine

Scientists have drawn up molecular blueprints of a tiny cellular 'nanomachine', whose evolution is an extraordinary feat of nature, by using one of the brightest X-ray sources on Earth.

Graphene proves a perfect fit for wearable devices

Cheap, flexible, wireless graphene communication devices such as mobile phones and healthcare monitors can be directly printed into clothing and even skin, researchers have demonstrated.

New microscopy technique maps mechanical properties of living cells

Researchers have developed a new way to use atomic force microscopy to rapidly measure the mechanical properties of cells at the nanometer scale, an advance that could pave the way for better understanding immune disorders and cancer.

A quantum pump for ultracold atoms

Scientists realize a dynamic version of the quantum Hall effect in optical superlattices.

Some like it hot: Simulating single particle excitations

Understanding and manipulating plasmons is important for their potential use in photovoltaics, solar cell water splitting, and sunlight-induced fuel production from CO2. Researchers have used a real-time numerical algorithm to study both the plasmon and hot carrier within the same framework. That is critical for understanding how long a particle stays excited, and whether there is energy backflow from hot carrier to plasmon.