Increasing the levels of a particular phospholipid in the membranes of brain cells may offer a promising new way to improve blood circulation in the brain and support healthier brain activity. A poten ...

Motors and gear trains with micrometer dimensions and powered by light are fabricated using semiconductor lithography and ...

Investing.com -- Japanese scientific equipment manufacturer Shimadzu has reached an agreement to acquire European electron microscope maker Tescan Group for $678 million from private equity firm ...

A 400-million-year-old fossil is shedding new light on the evolution of plants and their ability to grow large.

In physics and materials science, the term "spin chirality" refers to an asymmetry in the arrangement of spins (i.e., the intrinsic angular momentum of particles) in magnetic materials. This asymmetry ...

Open the Youtube video In a quiet lab at Argonne National Laboratory, Saw-Wai Hla and his team were huddled around their instruments late one night when they detected the spectral signature they had ...

Analyzing magnetic nanostructures with a high resolution is a test-and-measurement challenge, but it’s important for both advanced physics insight as well as real-world products such as high-density ...

Abstract: The advancement of new technologies such as solar cells relies on the development of measurement techniques that allow us to characterize and understand fundamental parameters and processes ...