An international collaboration predicts that exponential progress in nanotechnology, nanomedicine, AI, and computation will lead this century to the development of a 'Human Brain/Cloud Interface', that connects neurons and synapses in the brain to vast cloud-computing networks in real time.
Apr 12th, 2019
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Scientists have developed and patented the fabrication of transparent, luminescent material they say could give smartphone and television screens flexible, stretchable, and shatterproof properties.
Apr 12th, 2019
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Tapping into the unique nature of DNA, engineers have created simple machines constructed of biomaterials with properties of living things.
Apr 11th, 2019
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Patterned on a microchip and working in ambient conditions, the atoms could lead to rapid advancements in new quantum-based technology.
Apr 11th, 2019
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Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are promising for quantum computing and future electronics. Now, researchers can convert metallic gold into semiconductor and customize the material atom-by-atom on boron nitride nanotubes.
Apr 11th, 2019
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Researchers find new ways to image and characterize this unique material.
Apr 11th, 2019
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Scientists have developed a fast, simple sample preparation method that enhances imaging of DNA to better analyze its physical properties and interactions.
Apr 11th, 2019
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Physicists have developed a flexible way to synthesize a wide range of novel nanomaterials with potential applications in areas including optics and sensors.
Apr 11th, 2019
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Researchers present the first hydrogen sensors ever to meet the future performance targets for use in hydrogen powered vehicles.
Apr 11th, 2019
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Scientists have developed a new microscopy approach for imaging gel nanocomposites in their natural state, which will reveal more useful information about their assembly and properties.
Apr 11th, 2019
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By speaking the brain's language, the material is a portal between electronics and the brain.
Apr 10th, 2019
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Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus have been made by researchers in a world first, and they could revolutionise electronics and fast-charging battery technology.
Apr 10th, 2019
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New quantum materials will one day make smartphones 1,000 times faster while drastically increasing battery life. That is how researchers describe the impact new semimetal materials could have on future electronics.
Apr 10th, 2019
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Engineers show faster techniques to model atom-flat materials for bottom-up design.
Apr 10th, 2019
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Scientists have theoretically and experimentally demonstrated that the piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) technique can generate false positives when the piezoelectricity of a material is measured at the nanoscale.
Apr 10th, 2019
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Can water reach minus 263 degrees Celsius without turning into ice? Yes it can, if it is confined in nanometre-scale lipid channels.
Apr 10th, 2019
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