The EU gets specific about nanomaterials

The EU's Joint Research Centre has released a report clarifying the key concepts and terms used in the European Commission's nanomaterial definition.

Electrically-heated silicate glass appears to defy Joule's first law

Experiments show electric field can modify silicate glass, causing parts to melt while remaining solid elsewhere; discovery suggests heat in glass could be produced on a very fine scale, could point to performance challenges for devices that use glass.

A new spin in nanoelectronics

Researchers succeed in controlling extremely short-wavelength spin waves.

New microfluidics device can detect cancer cells in blood

Researchers have developed a device that can isolate individual cancer cells from patient blood samples. The microfluidic device works by separating the various cell types found in blood by their size.

Avoiding the crack of doom

New imaging technique reveals how mechanical damage begins at the molecular scale.

It's all in the twist: Physicists stack 2D materials at angles to trap particles on the nanoscale

Results yield a unique platform to study quantum optical physics.

Graphite offers up new quantum surprise

Researchers have discovered unexpected phenomena in graphite thanks to their previous research on its two-dimensional (2D) relative - graphene.