Researchers trick solid into acting as liquid

Scientists have discovered how to get a solid material to act like a liquid without actually turning it into liquid, potentially opening a new world of possibilities for the electronic, optics and computing industries.

Blowing bubbles to catch carbon dioxide

Researchers develop bio-inspired liquid membrane with nanopores that could make clean coal a reality.

Making the switch, this time with an insulator

Physicists, joining the fundamental pursuit of using electron spins to store and manipulate information, have demonstrated a new approach to doing so, which could prove useful in the application of low-power computer memory.

Mathematical nanotoxicoproteomics: Quantitative characterization of effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Scientists developed mathematical models to characterize proteomics patterns of Caco-2/HT29-MTX cells exposed for three and twenty four hours to two kinds of important nanoparticles: multi-walled carbon nanotubes and TiO2 nanobelts.

New method helps stabilise materials with elusive magnetism

Stabilising materials with transient magnetic characteristics makes it easier to study them.

In batteries, a metal reveals its dual personality

Branchlike deposits grow on lithium electrode surfaces in two ways, one much more damaging.

Engineers seek sustainable solutions through nanotechnology

New designs may help purify water, diagnose disease in remote regions of world.