Mixing nanocomposites? New math app helps you manage your mashup

Scientists at NIST have made recipe development a more palatable job.

'Squeezed' motion in a massive object

Everyone expects objects at the atomic scale to follow the weird rules of quantum mechanics. But in the past few years, scientists have shown that comparatively large mechanical objects can be coaxed into exhibiting a surprising variety of quantum properties.

Ringing in a new way to measure and modulate trapped light

Researchers have developed a novel way to noninvasively measure and map how and where trapped light vibrates within microscale optical resonators.

Nanoparticles of shell of plant virus spark immune response against cancer

Mice tumor free and protected from metastases after treatment.

Newly developed liquid crystal elastomer material could enable advanced sensors

Researchers have developed the first type of cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with special properties that enable it to precisely emit laser light, without the use of mirrors, while being stretched.

Boron nitride-reinforced materials even stronger than carbonnanotube composites

While carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites have attracted enormous interest from the materials research community, a group of scientists now has evidence that a different nanotube - made from boron nitride - could offer even more strength per unit of weight.

Flexible sheet-type sensor for measuring cellular oxygen metabolism

A new tool useful for regenerative medicine and drug screening.