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IMAGE: Schematic diagram of the MoS2 transistor in an ESR sample tube. view more  Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan and Warsaw, Poland – Scientists from the University of Tsukuba and a scientist from the Institute of High Pressure Physics detected and mapped the electronic spins moving in a working transistor made of molybdenum disulfide. This

IMAGE: Dr. Shan Shi view more  Credit: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht The research group presents its findings in the current issue of the journal Science. When the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated in 1889, it was considered a technical marvel. Its artful and delicate arrangement of large and small iron girders provided extraordinary stability and made sure it became

Intelligent holographic nanostructures on CMOS sensors for energy-efficient AI security schemes Today, machine learning permeates our everyday life, with millions of users every day unlocking their phones through facial recognition or passing through AI-enabled automated security checks at airports and train stations. These tasks are possible thanks to sensors that collect optical information to feed

IMAGE: Stable states with three, six, and ten skyrmions enclosed in a triangle. The plot shows time-averaged skyrmion positions from experiment (top row) and corresponding computer simulations (bottom row). view more  Credit: ill./©: Jan Rothörl and Chengkun Song In a close collaboration between experimental and theoretical physicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the research groups

IMAGE: Dynamic evolution of Ag nanostructures during oxidative dispersion view more  Credit: DICP Oxidative dispersion has been widely used in the regeneration of sintered metal catalysts as well as the fabrication of single-atom catalysts. The consensus on the oxidative dispersion process includes the formation of mobile metal oxide species from large metal particles and the capture

IMAGE: The resonance of ions in nanocrystals creates a strong optical trapping force. view more  Credit: Dr Fan Wang Much like the Jedis in Star Wars use ‘the force’ to control objects from a distance, scientists can use light or ‘optical force’ to move very small particles. The inventors of this ground-breaking laser technology, known as

IMAGE: PhD Student Óskar Bjarki Helgason demonstrates the chip and the experimental setup for generating the game changing microcomb. view more  Credit: Photo: Mia Halleröd Palmgren, Collage: Yen Strandqvist /Chalmers Tiny photonic devices could be used to find new exoplanets, monitor our health, and make the internet more energy efficient. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology,

IMAGE: Rose-tinted contact lenses (about 10 mm in diameter) containing gold nanoparticles filter out problematic colors for people with red-green color blindness. view more  Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09657 Imagine seeing the world in muted shades — gray sky, gray grass. Some people with color blindness see everything this way, though most can’t

IMAGE: Corresponding author Prof Jeff Davis (Swinburne University of Technology) view more  Credit: FLEET Just as James Cameron’s Terminator-800 was able to discriminate between “clothes, boots, and a motorcycle”, machine-learning could identify different areas of interest on 2D materials. The simple, automated optical identification of fundamentally different physical areas on these materials (eg, areas displaying doping,

A Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich team has shown that slight alterations in transfer-RNA molecules (tRNAs) allow them to self-assemble into a functional unit that can replicate information exponentially. tRNAs are key elements in the evolution of early life-forms. Life as we know it is based on a complex network of interactions, which take place at

IMAGE: Coronavirus-like nanoparticles, made from plant viruses and bacteriophage, could serve as positive controls for the RT-LAMP test. view more  Credit: Soo Khim Chan Rapid COVID-19 tests are on the rise to deliver results faster to more people, and scientists need an easy, foolproof way to know that these tests work correctly and the results can

IMAGE: Schematic diagram of the reaction pathway for methane oxidation over Au1/BP nanosheets. view more  Credit: LUO Laihao Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have enabled discovery of large reserves of natural gas which primarily contains methane, which is mainly burned directly and causing global warming potentially. Upgrading methane to greener energy such as methanol through aerobic

IMAGE: Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Global Center for Human Health & Pathogen Research have developed a promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate view more  Credit: Cleveland Clinic CLEVELAND – Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health have developed a promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate that utilizes nanotechnology and has shown strong efficacy

IMAGE: Cockcroft Institute view more  Credit: STFC The Cockcroft Institute (CI), a partnership between the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde, and the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), has been awarded more than £11 million for R&D into accelerator science and technology. The funding, awarded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), will

IMAGE: An illustration of physically confined spaces in a porous bilayer silica film on a metal catalyst that can be used for chemical reactions. Silicon atoms are indicated by the orange… view more  Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY–Physically confined spaces can make for more efficient chemical reactions, according to recent studies led by scientists from