Treating cells with iron oxide nanoparticles allows them to be steered through the body by magnets.
Nanotube carpets can detect broadband polarized light
Rice, Sandia team uses carbon nanotubes for polarized-light detection.
$1.5 million thin-film deposition project begins
Three-year project awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to develop novel technologies for depositing thin films.
Graphene used to create new form of carbon
New material consists of many identical piece of grossly warped graphene, each containing exactly 80 carbon atoms joined together in a network of 26 rings.
Researchers image electron pairing in superconductor
Findings and resulting theory could reveal mechanism behind zero-energy-loss current-carrying capability.
ESA to Hold 9th Micro and Nano Technologies Round Table in EPFL's New Swiss Tech Convention Center
Micro and Nano Technologies (MNT) for space applications will be the theme of next year’s meeting.
Potential telecoms application for graphene investigated
Use of material in telecommunications could dramatically accelerate internet speeds by up to a hundred times, according to new research.
New way to determine thermal shock behavior of ceramics
Researchers combined experimental testing with FE-simulation to characterize the thermal shock behavior of ceramic materials.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for May 2013
We present the most downloaded papers from the pss family of journals from May.
Researcher team receives grant to study glass transition
Prestigious Keck Foundation award supports University of Akron research into the underlying physical origin of the glass transition.