Thursday, September 29, 2016

Nanosensors could help determine tumors' ability to remodel tissue

Measuring enzyme levels could help doctors select appropriate treatments.

Engineers create new devices that emulate human biological synapses

A team of engineers is developing a new type of nanodevice for computer microprocessors that can mimic the functioning of a biological synapse - the place where a signal passes from one nerve cell to another in the body.

Atom art: Beauty at the atomic scale

Nature makes some beautiful patterns with atoms.

Correlated magnets made out of single atoms

Scientists observe antiferromagnetic correlations in one-dimensional fermionic quantum many-body systems.