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Manipulating atoms one at a time with an electron beam
The ultimate degree of control for engineering would be the ability to create and manipulate materials at the most basic level, fabricating devices atom...
Ultra-clean fabrication platform produces nearly ideal 2-D transistors
Semiconductors, which are the basic building blocks of transistors, microprocessors, lasers, and LEDs, have driven advances in computing, memory, communications, and lighting technologies since...
Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles’ tails regenerate
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a specialised population of skin cells that coordinate tail regeneration in frogs. These 'Regeneration-Organizing Cells' help...
‘Ant bridge’-inspired nanoparticle assembly fixes broken electrical circuits
Colonies of social insects are capable of self-organizing and accomplishing complex tasks through individual interactions. For example, to march across large gaps, ants grip...
New Horizons team publishes first Kuiper Belt flyby science results
NASA's New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object...
Natural compound found in broccoli reawakens the function of potent tumor suppressor
Your mother was right; broccoli is good for you.
Long associated with decreased risk of cancer, broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables -- the family of...
How we make complex decisions
When making a complex decision, we often break the problem down into a series of smaller decisions. For example, when deciding how to treat...
Scientists develop technology to capture tumor cells
Instead of searching for a needle in a haystack, what if you were able to sweep the entire haystack to one side, leaving only...
24 percent of West Antarctic ice is now unstable: study
By combining 25 years of European Space Agency satellite altimeter measurements and a model of the regional climate, the UK Centre for Polar Observation...
Bedbugs evolved more than 100 million years ago—and walked the earth with T. rex
Bedbugs—some of the most unwanted human bed-mates—have been parasitic companions with other species aside from humans for more than 100 million years, walking the...
Researchers shed new light on atomic ‘wave function’
Physicists have demonstrated a new way to obtain the essential details that describe an isolated quantum system, such as a gas of atoms, through...
