Modular DNA nanoswitches get close and light up specific biomarkers

Nature invented many strategies to bring biomolecules closer so that they can meet and interact and these mechanisms are at the basis of life. Now, researchers have demonstrated that this mechanism can be recreated in a lab to detect biomarkers in clinical samples.

Eesearchers develop new surface design inspired by snake skin

Researchers have developed a design construct inspired in part by the surface of butterflies and snakes, where flexible skins are fully covered by rigid, discrete scales.

New controls scale quantum chips

Engineers and physicists describe a breakthrough that can expand the size of practical quantum processors by reducing interference.

Building miniature optical antennas using DNA as a guide

A new fabrication technique combines programmable DNA origami shapes and conventional lithography methods to create metallic nanoantennas and chiral shapes for diverse applications.

Measuring the temperature of two-dimensional materials at the atomic level

Researchers describe a new technique for precisely measuring the temperature and behavior of new two-dimensional materials that will allow engineers to design smaller and faster microprocessors.

Scientists found and studied complex types of defects in the droplets of liquid crystals

Scientists have studied the droplets of a cholesteric liquid crystal that contained a twisted defect loop.

Creating an electron-hole liquid at room temperature

Making a liquid out of electrons is complicated, but it opens the door to research in a wide variety of electronics. Now, physicists have created a phase diagram that can help researchers create this liquid at room temperature, making it much easier for everyone to study.