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Super sapphire resists scratches, glare, fog and dust

Researchers have discovered techniques to bestow superpowers upon sapphire, a material that most of us think of as just a pretty jewel.

Molecular motors in action: visualizing alpha-cyclodextrin movement along polymer chains

Imagine a microscopic locomotive moving back and forth along a track, propelling itself without any external force. At the molecular level, this concept...

Lighting the way: How activated gold reveals drug movement in the body

Tracking targeted drug delivery is often a challenge due to limitations in the current imaging techniques. A recent study reports a breakthrough imaging...

Decoding nanomaterial phase transitions with tiny drums

When water freezes into ice or boils into vapor, its properties change dramatically at specific temperatures. These so-called phase transitions are fundamental to...

Breakthrough nano-spring technology boosts battery durability and energy density

Scientists improved battery durability and energy density with a nano-spring coating.

Nanomaterials used to measure nuclear reaction on radioactive nuclei produced in neutron star collisions

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously...

Uniquely shaped, fast-heating nanoparticles halt ovarian tumor growth

New magnetic nanoparticles in the shape of a cube sandwiched between two pyramids represent a breakthrough for treating ovarian tumors and possibly other...

A multimodal light manipulator

Interferometers, devices that can modulate aspects of light, play the important role of modulating and switching light signals in fiber-optic communications networks and...

Cleverly designed carbon nanohoop enables controlled release of iron

Researchers have developed a molecular system for controlled release of iron. They integrated ferrocene, a molecular sandwich that encloses an iron atom, with...

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