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Quantum Kisses Change the Color of Nothing: New Ways to Measure the World at the Scale of Single Atoms and Molecules
November 7, 2012 — Even empty gaps have a color. Now scientists have shown that quantum jumps of electrons can change the color of gaps between nano-sized balls of gold. The new results set a fundamental quantum limit ... > full story -
Looking Through an Opaque Material: Sharp Pictures Taken of Objects Hidden Behind an Opaque Screen
November 7, 2012 — A team of researchers from the Netherlands and Italy has succeeded in making sharp pictures of objects hidden behind an opaque ... > full story -
How Butterfly Wings Can Inspire New High-Tech Surfaces
November 7, 2012 — Researchers here have taken a new look at butterfly wings and rice leaves, and learned things about their microscopic texture that could improve a variety of ... > full story -
New Strategy for Fingerprint Visualization Developed
November 6, 2012 — Identifying fingerprints on paper is a commonly used method in police forensic work, but unfortunately it is not easy to make those fingerprints visible. Now, scientists have developed a new approach ... > full story -
Laser the Size of a Virus Particle: Miniature Laser Operates at Room Temperature and Defies the Diffraction Limit of Light
November 5, 2012 — A research team has found a way to manufacture single laser devices that are the size of a virus particle and that operate at room temperature. These plasmonic nanolasers could be readily integrated ... > full story -
Revolutionary Type of Gel Discovered
November 5, 2012 — Controlling and modifying at will the transparency, electrical properties, and stiffness of a gel are among the promises of new research by scientists in Switzerland. Their discovery marks an ... > full story -
Crystals for Efficient Refrigeration: Can Pump or Extract Heat, Even on the Nanoscale, for Use on Computer Chips
November 5, 2012 — Researchers have discovered a new efficient way to pump heat using crystals. The crystals can pump or extract heat, even on the nanoscale, so they could be used on computer chips to prevent ... > full story -
Electron Microscopes With a Twist: Vortex Beams, Rotating Like a Tornado, Offer New Possibilities for Electron Microscopy
November 5, 2012 — Vortex beams, rotating like a tornado, offer completely new possibilities for electron microscopy. A method of producing extremely intense vortex beams has been ... > full story -
What Would Be the Effects of Nanomaterial Use in Agriculture?
November 2, 2012 — The use of nanomaterials in agriculture could, on the one hand, reduce cost and effort, increase efficiency and lead to more environmentally sound applications. On the other hand, it might also have ... > full story -
Researchers Find Three Unique Cell-to-Cell Bonds
November 1, 2012 — The human body has more than a trillion cells, most of them connected, cell to neighboring cells. How, exactly, do those bonds work? What happens when a pulling force is applied to those bonds? How ... > full story
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