The problem is well known: light is sensitive to any form of obstacle, even very small ones. Think, for example, of how we see objects when looking through a frosted window or simply when our glasses ...

An international team of researchers receives over $4M to advance understanding of carbon nanotube synthesis and its ...

(Nanowerk News) Living cells are bombarded with many kinds of incoming molecular signal that influence their behavior. Being able to measure those signals and how cells respond to them through ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The ability to controllably structure surfaces at the micro- and nanoscale has remained a profoundly impactful yet challenging goal spanning industrial sectors. Precisely ...

(Nanowerk News) Graphene, a material which consists of a single layer of carbon atoms, has been celebrated by many as the “next big thing” in material science. But according to Purdue University ...

(Nanowerk News) Scientists have long puzzled over why all of the planets in Earth’s solar system have slightly slanted orbits around the sun. But a new, Yale-led study suggests this phenomenon may not ...

This research, led by Prof. Haichen Wu from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Prof. Lei Liu from the Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, alongside their ...

(Nanowerk News) For decades, researchers have sought improved control over the distribution and activity of therapeutic drugs to minimize adverse side effects while maximizing efficacy. Most approved ...

(Nanowerk News) For decades, researchers have sought to emulate the collective behavior of natural systems like schools of fish or flocks of birds using synthetic microscale robots. Such robot ...

(Nanowerk News) Since the concept of optical trapping was first proposed in the 1960s and 1970s by Arthur Ashkin, researchers have pursued innovative techniques to precisely manipulate and analyze ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) For over half the global population, accessing clean drinking water remains an enduring challenge. With climate change and development pressures exacerbating water scarcity ...

(Nanowerk News) A ground-breaking new discovery by University of Leeds scientists could transform the way astronomers understand some of the biggest and most common stars in the Universe. The findings ...