Researchers observe branched flow of light for the first time

Researchers coupled a laser beam to a soap membrane, which contains random variations in membrane thickness. They discovered that when light propagates within the soap film, rather than being scattered, the light forms elongated branches, creating the branched flow phenomenon for light.

Laser takes pictures of electrons in crystals

Light microscopes cannot discern how electrons are distributed among atoms in solids. A new type of a light microscope, the Picoscope, that allows overcoming this limitation.

Tabletop quantum experiment with nanocrystals could detect gravitational waves

Diamond nanocrystals could be used as an incredibly sensitive and small gravitational detector capable of measuring gravitational waves.

Magnonic nano-fibers opens the way towards new type of computers

Scientists report a critical advancement in the field of ultralow power computation using magnetic waves.

Building better electron sources with graphene

Graphene substrates can be reused repeatedly for photocathodes that emit high-brightness electron beams in electron microscopes and accelerators.

New materials of perovskite challenge the chemical intuition

Materials scientists have synthesized a new type of perovskite that goes against conventional thinking about how such structures behave at extreme pressures such as those that exist deep in the Earth.

High-end microscopy refined

Scientists have been able to map the synaptonemal complex three-dimensionally with a resolution of 20 to 30 nanometres.

Architecture is key: Biomolecule metal-organic hybrids with high bioactivity

Biomacromolecules incorporated into tailored metal?organic frameworks using peptide modulators are well shielded but highly active thanks to carefully tuned nanoarchitecture.

Bubbling and burping droplets of DNA

Liquid droplets formed from DNA display a peculiar response to enzymes.

Scientists use a Teflon pipe to make a cheap, simple reactor for silica particle synthesis

Functional silica beads for biomedical imaging, drug delivery and other important applications could be made using an easy new flow synthesis method.

Stabilizing water loss in synthetic trees

Scientists are developing 'synthetic trees' that work like their natural counterparts to serve in specific applications. In an important step, scientists fabricated synthetic leaves using nanoporous disks.

Being exceptional in higher dimensions

By connecting electromagnetic waves and magnetism to create a system made of magnon polaritons, scientists demonstrated the existence of an 'exceptional surface' for the first time.

New chemistry for ultra-thin gas sensors

Researchers established a new fabrication process based on a non-pyrophoric zinc precursor that can be processed at temperatures low enough to allow plastics to be coated.

Building a harder diamond

Scientists use computer calculations to propose a new way to rearrange the carbon atoms in a diamond to make it even harder, which may be useful in industrial applications that rely on synthetic cutting diamonds .