Nature Communications

International collaboration led by Nagoya University uses two-dimensional antiaromatic materials to realize three-dimensional aromatic structures.

A research team, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has developed liquid-like TE materials that can be painted on almost any surface. This new technology can convert exhaust heat into electricity for vehicles and other applications.

Researchers are investigating novel ways by which electrons are knocked out of matter. Their research could have implications for radiation therapy.

Tiny “walking” proteins could be used to investigate mechanical deformations in soft materials according to Hokkaido University researchers.

KAUST genetic detailing of rice plants in real-time highlights the roles of different loci in response to salt stress during growth.

Satellite radar image analysis reveals that rifting in Iceland exhibits simultaneous horizontal and sideways movement.

Ferroelectric tunnel junction promises low-power, high-density data storage.

Gold had long been considered a non-magnetic metal. But researchers at Tohoku University recently discovered that gold can in fact be magnetized by applying heat.

Manipulating magnetic and electric dipoles inside nanostructured insulators enables newfound control of light polarization at any angle.

An international group of researchers measured the magnetoresistive effects of palladium–cobalt oxide (PdCoO2), a non-magnetic, highly conductive material. When a magnetic field was applied to PdCoO2, they observed significant phenomena, the conductivity of PdCoO2 greatly increased with increasing magnetic field.

A mysterious effect in which particles do not scatter light has been observed at optical wavelengths for the first time.

Scientists have found a way to simultaneously monitor the switching on and off of circadian “clock” genes and their effects on mouse behaviour in real-time.

Researchers at Tohoku University have realized wafer-scale and high yield synthesis of suspended graphene nanoribbons. The unique growth dynamic has been elucidated through comparing experiments, molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical calculations made with researchers from the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University.

Scientists in Japan have successfully recorded the atomic bonds between diamond and cubic boron nitride: the hardest known materials on earth. This feat could ultimately lead to the design of new types of semiconductors.

Scientists are getting closer to understanding the anti-cancer mechanism of the naked mole rat by making induced pluripotent stem cells.

A Korean research team developed an ideal electrode structure composed of graphene and layers of titanium dioxide and conducting polymers, resulting in highly flexible and efficient OLEDs.

The team—made up of scientists from the University of Illinois Center for the Physics of Living Cells in the United States, Johns Hopkins University in the United States, and UNIST—discovered DNA molecules directly interact with one another based on sequence even in the absence of protein molecules.

A research team at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a technique, which enables unzipping of the graphene plane without uncontrollable damage.

Feeding is essential for survival. Senses such as smell or sight can help guide us to good food sources, but the final decision to eat or reject a potential food is controlled by taste.

Bio-inspired algorithms enable a pattern of thousands of nanoscale holes into metal films for high-tech optical security.

The Study May Contribute to the Development of High-Performance Functional Materials in Information & Communication and Electronics.

Nanoscale ribbons of a new phase of gold have been produced with a different crystalline structure.

A research group in Japan has successfully constructed a Japanese population reference panel, from the genome information of 1,070 individuals. They have produced a basic analysis tool for the large-scale identification and study of the genes related to the physical constitution and diseases that are peculiar to the Japanese.

Toward the realization of electron interferometer devices which utilize the wave nature of electrons.

Two Korean research teams have succeeded in uncovering the redox-switch of thiolase, a key enzyme for n-butanol production in Clostridium acetobutylicum, one of the best known butanol-producing bacteria.

A research team at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) successfully identified the atoms and common defects existing at the most stable surface of the anatase form of titanium dioxide by characterizing this material at the atomic scale with scanning probe microscopy.

Scientists have developed a method, using a double layer of lipids, which facilitates the assembly of DNA origami units, bringing us one-step closer to DNA nanomachines.

Researchers in Japan have been looking into how tsunami-type waves can originate from massive storm systems, independent of earthquakes or landslides.

For the first time, researchers have directly seen how organic molecules bind to other materials at the atomic level. Using a special kind of electron microscopy, this information can lead to increasing the life span of electronic devices, for example.

Restoration of DNA structure shown to be prerequisite