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Physicists capture elusive plasma instability in unprecedented detail
Plasma is a super-hot mixture of charged particles, such as ions and electrons, which can conduct electricity and are influenced by magne...


Prolonged super-microscopy: Nanographenes allow longer observation time
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, including STED (Stimulated Emis


New method for improving nanoparticle size estimation
(a) Selected ground truth HAADF-STEM multislice image simulations. Scale bars are 1 nm. (b) Corresponding synthetic multislice images...


Molecular determinants of optical modulation in ssDNA-carbon nanotube biosensors
@ ACS Nano 2025, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.4c13814 Scrutinizing the underpinnings of optical modulation at the molecular...


Alternating triangular charge density wave domains observed within a layered superconducting compound
A research team consisting of NIMS and the Tokyo University of Science observed charge density waves (CDWs) within Niobium diselenide...


Attosecond core-level spectroscopy reveals real-time molecular dynamics
Chemical reactions are complex mechanisms. Many different dynamical processes are involved, affecting both the electrons and the nucleus...

Atomic nucleus excited with laser: a breakthrough after decades
The "thorium transition", which has been sought after for decades, has now been excited for the first time with lasers.


Nothing is everything: How hidden emptiness can define the usefulness of filtration materials
Voids, or empty spaces, exist within matter at all scales, from the astronomical to the microscopic. In a new study, researchers used...

Characterizing the excited states of individual atoms through the combination of tunneling microscopy and pulsed laser
The characterization of the dynamics of the excited states of a single atom localized on a surface remains to this day an experimental...


New AI model is a leap for autonomous materials science
Materials science enables cutting-edge technologies, from lightweight cars and powerful computers to high-capacity batteries and durable...


A simple, scalable method using light to 3D print helical nanostructures
A new fabrication process for helical metal nanoparticles provides a simpler, cheaper way to rapidly produce a material essential for...


A 2D ‘antenna’ boosts light emission from carbon nanotubes
A flat sheet of atoms can act as a kind of antenna that absorbs light and funnels its energy into carbon nanotubes, making them glow...
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