February 18, 2013

Antifreeze protein in insects. From Wikipedia

Antifreeze - not only for cars

Organic topological insulators capable of transmitting information at the speed of light and which consist of a thin molecular layer (on the left) that resembles a sort of chicken coop fence wire while conducting electricity along the right edge of this layer (the blue line) - when the electrons can also carry information in the form of "down" or "up" spin ". Image courtesy: Feng Liu and Zhengfei Wang, University of Utah.

Engineers demonstrate the capability of superfast materials