Spintronics or spin electronics in contrast to conventional electronics uses the spin of electrons for sensing,…
Scientists develop gentle, microscopic hands to study tiny, soft materials
Handling very soft, delicate items without damaging them is hard enough with human hands, let alone…
New rules illuminate how objects absorb and emit light
Princeton researchers have uncovered new rules governing how objects absorb and emit light, fine-tuning scientists’ control…
Geoscientists document the role of atmospheric dust on marine ecosystems 300 million years ago
Dust plays a crucial role in the life and health of our planet. In our modern…
Chesapeake Bay oysters get more attention at pivotal time
Robert T. Brown pulled an oyster shell from a pile freshly harvested by a dredger from…
For CRISPR, tweaking DNA fragments before inserting yields highest efficiency rates yet
Researchers have now achieved the highest reported rates of inserting genes into human cells with the…
Computing with molecules: A big step in molecular spintronics
Chemists and physicists have designed, deposited and operated single molecular spin switches on surfaces. The newly…
Super-resolution at all scales with active thermal detection
A research team found the temperature increase caused by the probe beam could be utilized to…
Gone fishin' — for proteins
Casting lines into human cells to snag proteins, a team of researchers has solved a 20-year-old…
Climate change not the only threat to vulnerable species, habitat matters
Though climate change is becoming one of the greatest threats to the Earth’s already stressed ecosystems,…