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New Method to Twist Atomically Thin Materials Unleashes Unique Properties
Ever since Pablo Jarillo-Herrero announced in March 2018 that twisted bi-layer graphene could produce…
Nanosensors Can Interpret Plant Distress Signals, Improve Yield
While there are tried and true methods to ensure good crop yields and increasingly sophisticated agronomic methods…
Curved Nanotubes Create Band Gap Transition at Critical Diameter
Rice University engineers have been studying how electrons act when confronted with the Russian doll-like structure…
Lossless Energy Transport a Possibility
Semiconductors can behave like both metals and superconductors, researchers at the University of Rostock and…
This Self-Cleaning Surface Repels Toughest Superbugs
Superbugs and antimicrobial resistance are increasingly an issue in both the food chain and the healthcare system.…
Sculpting Next-gen Semiconductor Crystals for Microchips
Moore's Law, which states the number of transistors and their performance in a dense integrated circuit will double…
Engineers Create a Nano Guitar String that Plays Itself
Scientists at Lancaster University and the University of Oxford have created a nano-electronic circuit which…
Speeding Up Nanoscale 3D Printing With a Tiny Supersonic Jet Engine
Researchers are able to accelerate the development time of nanometer structures by speeding up precursor molecules…
Solving the Mystery of How Nanoparticles Melt
How nanoparticles melt has been a mystery since the study of the extremely small began. While initial theoretical…
A New Way to Capture, Amplify and Link Light at the Nanolevel
New possibilities arise in the world of nanophotonics thanks to researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in…