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New sensor material could enable more sensitive readings of biological signals
Oct 07, 2016
Scientists have created a material that could make reading biological signals, from heartbeats to brainwaves, much more sensitive.
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High-speed camera images reveal explosive microbead formation process
Oct 07, 2016
The explosive reaction of a liquid metal dropping into water has been captured with high-speed cameras by researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. The images reveal how the ...
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Small droplets feel the vibe
Oct 06, 2016
A team of researchers at the University of Bristol have used ultrasonic forces to accurately pattern thousands of microscopic water-based droplets. Each droplet can be designed to perform a biochemical experiment, which could ...
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Physicists observe the alignment of water dipoles for the first time
Oct 06, 2016
Scientists from MIPT and several research teams working in Russia and other European countries have been the first to reliably realize and document the phenomenon of water molecular dipoles ordering by confining water molecules ...
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Performance-enhancing... research? New measurement could help elite athletes
Oct 04, 2016
Canadian Olympic phenomenon Penny Oleksiak may be able to glide through the water even faster at her next Olympic Games, due in part to a new measurement tool invented by York University researchers.
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A record photovoltaic effect observed in antiferroelectrics
Oct 04, 2016
The photovoltaic effect is the main physical and chemical principle underlying solar cells. It is characterized by the conversion of photons into usable electrical energy. Modern photovoltaic devices have been intensively ...
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New design of large-scale microparticle arrays for bioengineering applications
Oct 03, 2016
Arrays of microparticles are common in many material science and bioengineering applications, but can be tedious to use because of their limited capacity. Large-scale microparticle arrays (LSMAs) can make analysis more efficient ...
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Artificial 2-D crystals modified at the touch of a button
Sep 30, 2016
Charged particles can form via self-organization processes an unexpectedly large range of crystal structures entirely by themselves. A research team with participants from TU Wien has demonstrated how easily the formation ...
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First spectroscopic investigation of element nobelium
Sep 30, 2016
The analysis of atomic spectra is of fundamental importance for our understanding of atomic structures. Until now, researchers were unable to examine heavy elements with optical spectroscopy because these elements do not ...
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Innovative technique to analyse mesoscopic materials directly
Sep 29, 2016
Scientists at DESY have developed a method to record the inner structure of individual photonic crystals and similar materials in 3-D. The technique directly reveals the positions of the individual building blocks of a crystal, ...
