Those attending the American Physical Society (APS) March meeting at the Minneapolis Convention Center next week will no doubt be looking forward to the...

The cosmologist Arno Penzias, who discovered the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with Robert Wilson, died on 22 January at the age of 90. He...

Jan 22, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Scientists and engineers have been pushing for the past decade to leverage an elusive ferroelectric material called hafnium oxide, or...

IntroductionJames Stroud had a problem. The evolutionary biologist had spent several years studying lizards on a small island in Miami. These Anolis lizards had...

Nov 07, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Could robots, whose forms can be adapted to achieve almost any real-world task, soon be able to lend a...

Taking inspiration from the flow of air around aeroplane wings, researchers in the US have imaged photoexcited electrons flowing around sharp...

IntroductionThis morning, when the sun came up, billions of humans opened their eyes and admitted into their bodies a shaft of light from space....

Sep 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A study showing how electrons flow around sharp bends, such as those found in integrated circuits, has the potential...

Carnivorous pitcher plants consist of hollow, cup-like structures that capture and then digest unsuspecting prey. Found mostly in the tropics, especially...

Aug 16, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A Cornell research team has developed a new way to design complex microscale machines, one that draws inspiration from...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide in individuals under the age of 45. Triggered by concussions from...

I grew up in the Canadian province of Ontario, so I spent a lot of...