This schematic representation shows the new structure: nickel oxide stripes run perpendicular to the actual material, serving as a passing...

Motor proteins generate the forces for essential mechanical processes in our body. On a scale of nanometers—a millionth of a...

Our consumer products can be filled with nanomaterials, but they do not show up in lists of ingredients. Credit: MostPhotos/Tatiana...

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers show that the light emitted by a single molecule can be detected with a low-cost...

Filaments made of polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles are obtained by exposing the material to a magnetic field under controlled temperature....

Artistic rendering of fast ion permeation inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Small ions such as potassium, chloride, and sodium permeate through...

In chamber 1, the nanoparticles, made from tantalum metal, are grown. Within this chamber, individual tantalum atoms clump together, similar...

Bioadhesive nanoparticles (white) after being taken up by skin cancer tumor cells during in virtro culture. Image credit: Julia Lewis...

Could long-distance interactions between individual molecules forge a new way to compute? Interactions between individual molecules on a metal surface...

Brookhaven chemists Enyuan Hu (left, lead author) and Zulipiya Shadike (right, first author) are shown holding a model of 1,2-dimethoxyethane,...