The high-tech double-barrel nanopipette for the first time enabled researchers to see how individual living cancer cells react to treatment and change over time - providing vital understanding that could help doctors develop more effective cancer medication.
Frequency combs have revolutionized precision measurement, but the bulky, power-hungry devices are limited to lab settings. A new efficient laser microcomb could bring that revolution to the handheld electronics realm.
New hybrid nano-microscope allows simultaneous measurement of optical and electrical properties. Expected to accelerate nanoscale research on advanced equipment and materials such as bilayer graphene.
Researchers have discovered that nanoscale devices harnessing the hydroelectric effect can harvest electricity from the evaporation of fluids with higher ion concentrations than purified water, revealing a vast untapped energy potential.
Scientists spectroscopically observed fractionalisation of electronic charge in an iron-based metallic ferromagnet. This holds potential for future exploitation in electronic devices.
Physicists are developing a method that could enable the stable exchange of information in quantum computers. In the leading role: photons that make quantum bits 'fly'.
Researchers explore the potential of porous silicon nanotube bundles as nanocarriers for delivering small interfering RNA (siRNA) into cells, achieving around 50% knockdown of a target protein. This drug delivery approach holds promise for RNA therapeutics.
Researchers has developed a theoretical model for a high-performance spin wave reservoir computing (RC) that utilizes spintronics technology. The breakthrough moves scientists closer to realizing energy-efficient, nanoscale computing with unparalleled computational power.
Researchers have developed a novel triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell that can achieve a certified world-record power conversion efficiency of 27.1 per cent across a solar energy absorption area of 1 sq cm, representing the best-performing triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell thus far.
