(Nanowerk Spotlight) Friction is the name given to the force that resists the initiation of sliding motion between two surfaces; it is all around us and it occurs at all length scales. In simple terms ...

Chirality, a property of an object being non-superimposable on its mirror image, is a critical natural aspect in a spectrum of spaces ranging from basic molecules to galaxies. Concerted efforts from ...

Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a quantity known as "thermoelectric conductivity" is an effective measure for the dimensionality of newly developed ...