Nanotechnology 'tattoo' can map emotions and monitor muscle activity
Novel skin electrode is comfortable and has endless commercial and medical applications.
Jul 11th, 2016
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Germs add ripples to make 'groovy' graphene
New nanomaterial conducts differently at right angles.
Jul 11th, 2016
Read moreScientists grow atomically thin transistors and circuits
In an advance that helps pave the way for next-generation electronics and computing technologies, scientists developed a way to chemically assemble transistors and circuits that are only a few atoms thick.
Jul 11th, 2016
Read morePhysicists couple distant nuclear spins using a single electron
For the first time, researchers have coupled the nuclear spins of distant atoms using just a single electron.
Jul 11th, 2016
Read moreReconfiguring active particles into dynamic patterns
Electrostatic imbalance causes particles to swarm, cluster, and form connected chains.
Jul 11th, 2016
Read moreA faster, precise silica coating process for quantum dot nanorods
Materials researchers have fine-tuned a technique that enables them to apply precisely controlled silica coatings to quantum dot nanorods in a day - up to 21 times faster than previous methods.
Jul 11th, 2016
Read morePhysicists collide ultracold atoms to observe key quantum principle
Physicists have used steerable 'optical tweezers' to split minute clouds of ultracold atoms and slowly smash them together to directly observe a key theoretical principle of quantum mechanics.
Jul 11th, 2016
Read moreNew focused ion beam strengthens nanotechnology and high-pressure science
'Nano scalpel' allows structuring of samples with nanometre precision.
Jul 11th, 2016
Read moreBreakthrough in the formation of beam size controllable X-ray nanobeams
One step closer to realizing a multifunctional X-ray microscope.
Jul 11th, 2016
Read moreNanotechnology: A policy primer
The U.S. Congressional Research Service has released a policy primer on nanotechnology.
Jul 9th, 2016
Read moreMathematical framework that prioritizes key patterns in networks aims to accelerate scientific discovery
Researchers successfully demonstrate a scalable, generalized framework designed to generate new insights into the structure and behavior of complex science and engineering systems.
Jul 9th, 2016
Read moreLearning from the mussel, scientists create a biologically active titanium surface
Based on insights from mussels - which are able to attach themselves very tightly to even metallic surfaces due to special proteins found in their byssal threads - scientists have successfully attached a biologically active molecule to a titanium surface, paving the way for implants that can be more biologically beneficial.
Jul 9th, 2016
Read moreHacking metastasis: Nanotechnology researchers find new way to target tumors
Researchers who are developing new types of nanotechnology to deliver cancer drugs have found a promising target - a protein called P-selectin that can aid in the formation of metastases. The researchers synthesized nanoparticles filled with cancer drugs to target them directly to metastatic sites.
Jul 9th, 2016
Read moreScientists simulate tiny bacteria-powered 'windfarm' to power micromachines
A team of scientists has shown how the natural movement of bacteria could be harnessed to assemble and power microscopic 'windfarms' -or other man-made micromachines such as smartphone components.
Jul 9th, 2016
Read moreNew record in microwave detection
Scientists have broken the world record by fourteen fold in the energy resolution of thermal photodetection.
Jul 8th, 2016
Read moreUsing light to make gold crystal nanoparticles
A team of researchers has figured out how gold can be used in crystals grown by light to create nanoparticles, a discovery that has major implications for industry and cancer treatment and could improve the function of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and solar panels.
Jul 8th, 2016
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