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An international team of researchers led by the University of Michigan has measured heat transfer through a single molecule. This advance could be a step toward molecular computing -- building circuits up from molecules rather than carving them out of silicon as a way to push Moore's Law to its limits and make the most powerful conventional computers possible.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered signs of superconductivity in three-layer sheets of graphene, renewing hope that layered graphene will soon help researchers understand how superconductivity occurs in copper oxides. That understanding could lead to higher-temperature superconductors—or even room-temperature ones—which could produce massive energy savings in electrical grids and devices.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered signs of superconductivity in three-layer sheets of graphene, renewing hope that layered graphene will soon help researchers understand how superconductivity occurs in copper oxides. That understanding could lead to higher-temperature superconductors—or even room-temperature ones—which could produce massive energy savings in electrical grids and devices.
Researchers at Harvard University have created a nanomachine that acts like a molecular motor as it moves along a DNA helix. With this nanomachine, the researchers have captured the first recorded rotational steps of a molecular motor as it moves from one DNA base pair to another.
Researchers at Harvard University have created a nanomachine that acts like a molecular motor as it moves along a DNA helix. With this nanomachine, the researchers have captured the first recorded rotational steps of a molecular motor as it moves from one DNA base pair to another.
Biomedical engineers at Penn State have developed a process to build protective, synthetic plant cell walls around animal cells. Cell walls made of biomimetic materials—synthetic materials that mimic biology—could protect human cells that are used in in vitro cell therapy to treat disease.
Biomedical engineers at Penn State have developed a process to build protective, synthetic plant cell walls around animal cells. Cell walls made of biomimetic materials—synthetic materials that mimic biology—could protect human cells that are used in in vitro cell therapy to treat disease.
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have devised a new process for using nanoparticles to build powerful lasers that are more efficient and safer for our eyes.
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have devised a new process for using nanoparticles to build powerful lasers that are more efficient and safer for our eyes.
Researchers at the University of Buffalo have wirelessly controlled, in lab-grown tissue, a gene that plays a key role in how humans grow from embryos to adults. The research team was able to manipulate the gene by creating tiny photonic brain implants that include nano-lasers and nano-antennas. The ability to manipulate the gene could lead to new cancer treatments and ways to prevent and treat mental disorders.
