Physics Magazine joins Tufts University researcher Giulia Guidetti who has studied a glass shard that was broken and buried shortly after 100 B.C.E. that over 2,000 years gained the iridescent… Read the rest “Roman glass became photonic crystal”
The Guardian reports on Swiss scientists who have taken ordinary wood floor planks, coated them with silicon and embedded nanocrystals, and then stepped on them to generate enough electricity… Read the rest “Wooden flooring that generates electricity.”
Science News has a report on nanoneurosurgery, using super-small, magnetically controlled machines to encourage separated neuron fibers to make new connections:
… Read the rest “Tiny robots stitch nerves together”Engineers Eunhee
Science News has more on the very tiny engine that could:
… Read the rest “Quantum engine gives more power than a standard engine, for the first time.”The device is a type of engine called a heat engine. Traditional heat engines turn heat into motion. For example, a car’s internal
Nature is gearing up for small engines going… well, pretty fast for their size. Because these chemists are racing single-molecule nanocars:
… Read the rest “A teeny, tiny NASCAR.”Six teams from three continents are
Science Daily might not be as into the poetry of that phrase as I am. They’re more into what it means make a diamond that halfway isn’t there:
… Read the rest “A laser levitating glowing nanodiamonds in a vacuum.”The research team is led by Nick Vamivakas
Nature describes (and even has photos of) an electronic mesh that can be rolled up and squirted out of a syringe into a mouse brain where it can monitor (and stimulate) individual neurons… Read the rest “Let’s take a moment to consider the phrase “injectable brain implant.” Because it exists.”
Can’t beat NBC’s headline for this: Insects Wear Tiny Spacesuits, for Science:
… Read the rest “Insects in tiny space suits. Real ones. In a vacuum.”Scanning electron microscopes (SEM) provide incredibly detailed images of biological specimens,
Science Daily explores the weird, microscopic world of
making ceramics that can bend and twist and smush and reform:
… Read the rest “Bendy ceramics.”Caltech materials scientist Julia Greer and her colleagues…explain
Nature is sharing a fun little recipe for whipping up the super-material graphene in a kitchen blender:
… Read the rest “Home-baked carbon crystals – graphene made to order.”In Nature Materials, a team led by [Jonathan] Coleman [at Trinity College, Dublin,]
Or: “Weird substance gets weirder.” Nature has more on how the latest tests have thrown models of how carbon circuits are supposed to work into disarray:
… Read the rest “Latest graphene surprise: a better conductor than expected.”In graphene, electrons
Remember the superhero fashion designer in The Incredibles? Nature unfolds the true story of a “super-material” that repels liquids so well, it resists molten metal:
… Read the rest “Waterproof? *METAL* proof.”Kripa
We’re getting closer to having hologram projectors in our pockets, as befits people living in the future. PhysOrg reports on the latest step – a system that converts mobile-device… Read the rest “3D smartphone display, no glasses required.”
PhysOrg has the brilliant news about using itty bitty flecks of precious stones to boost the power of medication to treat exceptionally stubborn cases of leukemia:
… Read the rest “Tiny diamonds zap cancer.”Daunorubicin is currently
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