How to make electrons behave like a liquid

Analysis predicts exotic behaviors such as negative resistance, based on fluid-like effects.

Using plasmonics to transmit more data

New scheme opens a door for transmitting information much faster.

Researcher's chiral graphene stacks break new ground

Until very recently, 'handedness' in large area films with atomic scale precision hadn?t been investigated. A research team now has broken new ground in this area, developing a chiral atomically thin film only 2-atoms-thick, through circular stacking of graphene.

Quantum processes control accurately to several attoseconds

For the first time, scientists managed to control movements of electrons with the precision to one billionth of a billionth of a second.

Research team finds no safety threat from short-term exposure to industrial nanoparticles

Short-term exposure to engineered nanoparticles used in semiconductor manufacturing poses little risk to people or the environment, according to a widely read research paper.

New light wave compression for really seeing at the molecular level

New silicon platform compresses light waves past their diffraction limit to vastly improve resolution for bio-imaging and nano lithography applications.

Chemically storing solar power

Researchers have developed a photo-electrochemical cell that can chemically store the energy of ultraviolet light even at high temperatures.

Researchers use 3D printing to make ultrafast graphene supercapacitor

Printable, ultralight graphene aerogel opens the door to novel designs of highly efficient energy storage systems for smartphones and other devices.

Successful real-time observation of atomic motion with sub-nanometer resolution

Researchers have succeeded in using the immensely powerful x-ray pulses from the free electron laser (XFEL) facility SACLA to investigate excited-state induced transient lattice dynamics on sub-picosecond time scales in phase-change materials via x-ray diffraction.

A portable device for rapid and highly sensitive diagnostics

When remote regions with limited health facilities experience an epidemic, they need portable diagnostic equipment that functions outside the hospital. As demand for such equipment grows, researchers have developed a low-cost and portable microfluidic diagnostic device. It has been tested on Ebola and can be used to detect many other diseases.