Limpet teeth might be the strongest natural material known to man, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have discovered that limpets – small aquatic snail-lik... Read more
Laser physicists have found a way to make atomic-force microscope probes 20 times more sensitive and capable of detecting forces as small as the weight of an individual virus. The technique,... Read more
The researchers conclude that their technique could greatly speed up the identification of other microbes that could produce large amounts of bio-oil. While the debate over using crops for f... Read more
Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a nanoscale rope Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have coaxed polymers to braid... Read more