/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Two-dimensional (2D) materials, thin crystalline substances only a few atoms thick, have numerous advantageous properties compared to their three-dimensional (3D) bulk counterparts. Most notably, many of these materials allow electricity to flow through them more easily than bulk materials, have tunable bandgaps, are often also more flexible and better suited for fabricating small, compact devices. /news/2025-08-approach-chip-synthesis-boron-nitride.html Nanomaterials Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:00:07 EDT news675345365 A research team has developed a device principle that can utilize "spin loss," which was previously thought of as a simple loss, as a new power source for magnetic control. /news/2025-08-loss-energy-principle-enable-ultra.html Condensed Matter Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:11:02 EDT news675331851 In an advance at the intersection of neuromorphic engineering and photonics, researchers have developed an ionic-electronic photodetector that not only detects light but also performs in-sensor image processing, offering the potential to surpass some limitations of human vision—including color vision deficiencies. /news/2025-08-ionic-electronic-photodetector-sensor-vision.html Optics & Photonics Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:16:04 EDT news673524961 Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have developed a new class of programmable nanofluidic memristors that mimic the memory functions of the human brain, paving the way for next-generation neuromorphic computing. /news/2025-08-programmable-2d-nanochannels-brain-memory.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:00:07 EDT news673518362 Artificial intelligence and high-performance computing are driving up the demand for massive sources of energy. But neuromorphic computing, which aims to mimic the structure and function of the human brain, could present a new paradigm for energy-efficient computing. /news/2025-07-liquid-droplets-play-tic-tac.html Soft Matter Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:10:14 EDT news673099325 Crystals and glasses have opposite heat-conduction properties, which play a pivotal role in a variety of technologies. These range from the miniaturization and efficiency of electronic devices to waste-heat recovery systems, as well as the lifespan of thermal shields for aerospace applications. /news/2025-07-hybrid-crystal-glass-materials-meteorites.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Soft Matter Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:59:02 EDT news672937136 Synthetic antiferromagnets are carefully engineered magnetic materials made up of alternating ferromagnetic layers with oppositely aligned magnetic moments, separated by a non-magnetic spacer. 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Uptown at Columbia, Oleg Gang and his chemical engineering lab aren't building Art Deco architecture; their landmarks are incredibly small devices built from nanoscopic building blocks that arrange themselves. /news/2025-07-3d-material-dna.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Wed, 09 Jul 2025 06:48:05 EDT news671262482 As the demand for data-intensive computing grows, so too does the need for next-generation memory technologies capable of delivering speed, energy efficiency, and scalability. Memristors—resistive memory devices that store and process data simultaneously—are considered promising candidates for next-generation in-memory and neuromorphic computing systems. /news/2025-07-exploring-scalable-pathways-effective-memristors.html Nanomaterials Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:20:04 EDT news670666381 Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) in Jena, Germany, together with international collaborators, have developed two complementary methods that could make quantum communication via fiber optics practical outside the lab. /news/2025-07-photon-bins-stability-quantum-communication.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:02:21 EDT news670593734 A new discovery of how bees use their flight movements to facilitate remarkably accurate learning and recognition of complex visual patterns could mark a major change in how next-generation AI is developed, according to a University of Sheffield study. /news/2025-07-bees-secret-super-efficient-ai.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:56:04 EDT news670582561 A new wave of innovation is transforming the future of optical technologies, driven by rapid advancements in semiconductor nanolasers. These advances are essential for future applications such as on-chip optical communication and neuromorphic computing, which require compact, energy-efficient light sources. /news/2025-06-semiconductor-nanolasers-enable-ultra-efficient.html Nanophysics Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:41:59 EDT news670074110 The reliable manipulation of the speed at which light travels through objects could have valuable implications for the development of various advanced technologies, including high-speed communication systems and quantum information processing devices. Conventional methods for manipulating the speed of light, such as techniques leveraging so-called electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) effects, work by utilizing quantum interference effects in a medium, which can make it transparent to light beams and slow the speed of light through it. /news/2025-06-nonreciprocal-cavity-magnonics-device.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 09 Jun 2025 06:48:02 EDT news668424797 Australian researchers are turning to nature for the next computing revolution, harnessing living cells and biological systems as potential replacements for traditional silicon chips. A new paper from Macquarie University scientists outlines how engineered biological systems could solve limitations in traditional computing, as international competition accelerates the development of "semisynbio" technologies. /news/2025-06-biology-future.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:08:04 EDT news668254081 In the nanometer range (billionth of a meter), interactions occur between light and matter that do not happen on larger scales. As such, so-called nanophotonic materials have unique optical properties that open up a whole range of technical possibilities. /news/2025-05-ultrathin-resonators-standard-efficient.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Thu, 29 May 2025 12:09:11 EDT news667739344 A new study reveals a fresh way to control and track the motion of skyrmions—tiny, tornado-like magnetic swirls that could power future electronics. Using electric currents in a special magnetic material called Fe₃Snâ‚‚, the team got these skyrmions to "vibrate" in specific ways, unlocking clues about how invisible spin currents flow through complex materials. /news/2025-05-currents-magnetic-states-advanced-materials.html Condensed Matter Thu, 22 May 2025 11:44:53 EDT news667133090 What if the magnon Hall effect, which processes information using magnons (spin waves) capable of current-free information transfer with magnets, could overcome its current limitation of being possible only on a 2D plane? If magnons could be utilized in 3D space, they would enable flexible design, including 3D circuits, and be applicable in various fields such as next-generation neuromorphic (brain-mimicking) computing structures, similar to human brain information processing. /news/2025-05-unveil-3d-magnon-neuromorphic-quantum.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 22 May 2025 11:22:03 EDT news667131721 A Monash University researcher at the forefront of animal cognition and behavioral studies is shining a light on how the field plays a critical role in driving forward societal innovation. /news/2025-05-animal-cognition-reveals-treasure-trove.html Plants & Animals Biotechnology Tue, 20 May 2025 09:46:34 EDT news666953192 Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a new type of spintronic device that mimics how synapses work in the brain—offering a path to more energy-efficient and accurate artificial intelligence systems. /news/2025-05-based-memory-advance-brain-closer.html Condensed Matter Wed, 14 May 2025 10:20:33 EDT news666436826 A research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed a hybrid transfer and epitaxy strategy, enabling the heterogeneous integration of single-crystal oxide spin Hall materials on silicon substrates for high-performance oxide-based spintronic devices. /news/2025-04-method-enables-high-oxide-based.html Condensed Matter Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:47:44 EDT news664112854 A chance discovery led a team of scientists from Rice University, University of Cambridge and Stanford University to streamline the production of a material widely used in medical research and computing applications. /news/2025-03-chance-discovery-stability-bioelectronic-material.html Polymers Materials Science Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:30:07 EDT news662646050 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) researchers have developed a neuromorphic photonic semiconductor neuron capable of processing optical information through self-sustained oscillations. Exploring the use of light to control negative differential resistance (NDR) in a micropillar quantum resonant tunneling diode (RTD), the research indicates that this approach could lead to highly efficient light-driven neuromorphic computing systems. /news/2025-03-powered-artificial-neurons-mimic-brain.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:40:14 EDT news661437316 A research team led by Prof. Hu Weijin from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered that single-domain ferroelectric thin films can be efficiently achieved by simply elevating the growth temperature. /news/2025-03-domain-ferroelectric-thin-simple-temperature.html Condensed Matter Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:20:03 EDT news660828001 A research team led by Prof. Long Shibing from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has, for the first time, made spintronic neuromorphic devices based on CoO/Pt heterostructure. The study is published in Nano Letters. /news/2025-03-antiferromagnetic-neuromorphic-memory-spintronic-device.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:15:02 EST news660222901 Researchers from the Department of Â鶹ÒùÔºics have managed to experimentally develop a new magnetic state: a magneto-ionic vortex or "vortion." The research, published in Nature Communications, allows for an unprecedented level of control of magnetic properties at the nanoscale and at room temperature, and opens new horizons for the development of advanced magnetic devices. /news/2025-03-vortion-magnetic-state-mimic-neuronal.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:29:24 EST news660220155 Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory that could revolutionize how electronic devices work, such as using much less energy and operating in extreme environments like outer space. /news/2025-02-material-incipient-ferroelectricity-jumpstart-fast.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:17:04 EST news659711822 A technological advancement from Tel Aviv University has, for the first time, enabled the application of the scientific phenomenon of superlubricity in electronic components. As a result, the research team successfully harnessed frictionless sliding to significantly enhance the performance of memory components in computers and other electronic devices. /news/2025-02-superlubricity-enables-frictionless-electronic-devices.html Nanophysics Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:04:44 EST news659631872 One major category of the next generation of energy-efficient microelectronic devices and information processing technologies will likely be based on "spintronics," which leverage both an electron's charge and its spin—the tiny "up" or "down" magnetic moment carried by every electron. Now, a relatively new subset of spintronics has sprung up, known as magnonics, which harnesses the collective behaviors of spins, known as spin waves or magnons. /news/2025-02-imaging-method-captures-dynamics.html Condensed Matter Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:40:06 EST news658586139 A collaboration led by researchers at Osaka University has developed a nanogate that can be open or shut by applying electricity. The nanogate shows various behaviors depending on the materials in the solutions on both sides of the gate and the applied voltage, making it attractive for different applications including sensing and controlled chemical reactions. /news/2025-02-nanogate-voltage-molecule-passage-tiny.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:00:02 EST news657897739