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Sliding on flexible graphene surfaces has been uncharted territory until now.

For wearable electronic devices, plastic holes are golden

Researchers have come up with a way to build safe, nontoxic gold wires onto flexible, thin plastic film.

Health diagnosis through bio-signal measuring electrodes on IoT devices

Researchers have developed bio-signal measuring electrodes that can be mounted on Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Physicists use laser tweezers to make an AV-pattern out of Abrikosov vortices

Scientists have performed a unique experiment involving the optical manipulation of individual Abrikosov vortices in a superconductor. This raises the possibility of designing new logic units based on quantum principles for use in supercomputers.

Small, efficient solutions for a big- name pollutant

Researchers designed an extremely efficient catalytic system to remove carbon monoxide.

Confined water at Fahrenheit -451

Evidence for a new kind of water molecule, trapped within nanotunnels inside an emerald.

Nanoparticle catalysts outperform single metal atoms

Small platinum particles prove to be more catalytically active than single platinum atoms, a vital insight for designing more efficient catalysts.

New Tabletop Technique Probes outermost electrons of atoms deep inside solids

Scientists have invented a new way to probe the valence electrons of atoms deep inside a crystalline solid, using laser light to excite, steer, and bounce the valence electrons off other atoms, giving clues to the material?s atomic structure and function.

Nylon fibers made to flex like muscles (w/video)

Engineers find a simple and inexpensive new approach to creating bending artificial muscle fibers.

Scientists trace 'poisoning' in chemical reactions to the atomic scale

Researchers have revealed new atomic-scale details about pesky deposits that can stop or slow chemical reactions vital to fuel production and other processes. This disruption to reactions is known as deactivation or poisoning.

New quantum states for better quantum memories

How can quantum information be stored as long as possible? An important step forward in the development of quantum memories has been achieved by researchers.

How to see living machines

It sounds like something out of the Borg in Star Trek. Nano-sized robots self-assemble to form biological machines that do the work that keeps one alive. And yet something like this really does go on.