New techniques provide new insight into performance-robbing flaws in crystalline structures

The discovery synchronizes microscopy, ultra-short pulses of laser light and data analytics to extract images with single-pixel precision, providing unprecedented detail.

New graphene-coated e-fabrics detect noxious gases

Scientists have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air, alerting the wearer by turning on an LED light.

Making electronics safer with perovskites

Researchers in Japan have developed a method to improve the insulating properties of an oxynitride perovskite for potential use as a ceramic capacitor.

New research maps nanoparticles in tissue using hyperspectral imaging

This research presents a method for utilizing enhanced darkfield microscopy (EDFM) and hyperspectral imaging (HSI) to easily and rapidly image nanoparticles in tissues from toxicology studies and map the distribution of nanoparticles throughout biological samples based on elemental composition.

Scientists develop a 100 times faster type of memory cell based on superconductors

A group of scientists has developed a fundamentally new type of memory cell based on superconductors – this type of memory will be able to work hundreds of times faster than the types of memory devices commonly used today.

Laser beams with a 'twist'

Researchers have demonstrated a new type of laser that is able to produce laser beams 'with a twist' as its output. The outputs and superpositions of the new type of laser form a set of beams, called vector vortex beams.

New microwave imaging approach opens a nanoscale view on processes in liquids

Technique can explore technologically and medically important processes that occur at boundaries between liquids and solids, such as in batteries or along cell membranes.

Nanostructures promise big impact on higher-speed, lower-power optical devices

With new technology getting smaller and smaller, requiring lower power, physics research points to new robust electronic technologies using quantum nanowire structures.

Researchers create fundamentally accurate quantum thermometer

Physicists have found a way to calibrate temperature measurements by monitoring the tiny motions of a nanomechanical system that are governed by the often counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics.

Insect wings inspire antibacterial surfaces for corneal transplants, other medical devices

Someday, cicadas and dragonflies might save your sight. The key to this power lies in their wings, which are coated with a forest of tiny pointed pillars that impale and kill bacterial cells unlucky enough to land on them.

Structure of the new SERS nanotag holds promise for cancer nanotechnology

The discovery of a new nanostructure promises to advance technology used in the early detection and treatment of cancerous cells.

Eggshell nanoparticles could lead to expanded use of bioplastic in packaging materials

Scientists report that adding tiny shards of eggshell to bioplastic could create a first-of-its-kind biodegradable packaging material that bends but does not easily break.