Printing innovations provide 10-fold improvement in organic electronics
Researchers have developed a new, printing process for organic thin-film electronics that results in films of strikingly higher ...
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Polymer nanoreactors create uniform nanocrystals
Using star-shaped block co-polymer structures as tiny reaction vessels, researchers have developed an improved technique for producing nanocrystals ...
'Chase and run' cell movement mechanism explains process of metastasis
A mechanism that cells use to group together and move around the body -- called 'chase and run' -- has been described for the first time by ...
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Nanofiber sensor detects diabetes or lung cancer faster and easier
Researchers in South Korea have recently developed a highly sensitive exhaled breath sensor by using hierarchical tin dioxide fibers that are ...
Mapping translation sites in the human genome
Scientists have produced the first genome-wide investigation of cap-independent translation, identifying thousands of mRNA sequences that act as ...
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Artificial magnetic monopoles discovered
Scientists have managed to create artificial magnetic monopoles. To do this, they merged tiny magnetic whirls, so-called skyrmions. At the point of ...
Magnetic monopoles erase data: Efficient and long-lived storage of information in magnetic vortices
A physical particle postulated 80 years ago, could provide a decisive step toward the realization of novel, highly efficient data storage devices.
Unfrozen mystery: H2O reveals a new secret
Using revolutionary new techniques, scientists have made a striking discovery about how ice behaves under pressure, changing ideas that date back ...
Diamonds, nanotubes find common ground in graphene
What may be the ultimate heat sink is only possible because of yet another astounding capability of graphene. The one-atom-thick form of carbon can ...
2-D electronics take a step forward
Scientists have created single-layer films of molybdenum disulfide, a semiconductor and an important component in the development of two-dimensional ...