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Tunable Wetting and Adhesion of Graphene Demonstrated

July 7, 2016 — Researchers have demonstrated doping-induced tunable wetting and adhesion of graphene, revealing new and unique opportunities for advanced coating materials and transducers. ... read more

'Origami' Is Reshaping DNA's Future

July 6, 2016 — Ten years after Paul Rothemund knitted tiny smiley faces from strands of DNA, the field of DNA origami is coming of ... read more

A Faster Future: Graphene Based Optoelectronics

July 6, 2016 — As an important step towards graphene integration in silicon photonics, researchers have published a paper that shows how graphene can provide a simple solution for silicon ... read more

Integrated Trio of 2-D Nanomaterials Unlocks Graphene Electronics Applications

July 5, 2016 — A new article describes the development of the first useful device that exploits the potential of charge-density waves to modulate an electrical ... read more

Integrated Trio of 2D Nanomaterials Unlocks Graphene Electronics Applications

July 5, 2016 — Graphene has emerged as one of the most promising two-dimensional crystals, but the future of electronics may include two ... read more

From Super to Ultra-Resolution Microscopy

July 5, 2016 — Scientists have, for the first time, been able to tell apart features distanced only 5 nanometers from each other in a densely packed, single molecular structure and to achieve the so far highest ... read more

Building a Better Bowtie

July 5, 2016 — Bowtie-shaped nanostructures may advance the development of ... read more

A Little Impurity Makes Nanolasers Shine

July 5, 2016 — Scientists have improved the performance of tiny lasers by adding impurities, in a discovery which will be central to the development of low-cost biomedical sensors, quantum ... read more

From Climate Killer to Fuels and Polymers

July 4, 2016 — Researchers have discovered a catalyst that performs highly selective conversion of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into ethylene – an important source material for the ... read more

Discovery Could Dramatically Boost Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells

July 4, 2016 — Scientists have discovered a possible secret to dramatically boosting the efficiency of perovskite solar cells hidden in the nanoscale peaks and valleys of the ... read more

Nano-Engineers Produce Liquid-Repellent Paper

Gerd Binnig Chemistry Under the Microscope

French Inventor Wins Award for Work on Nanocapsules

Robot Is Unbeatable at Rock-Paper-Scissors

Sensing Trouble: New Way to Detect Hidden Damage in Bridges, Roads

July 7, 2016 — Engineers have documented a new approach for monitoring the structural health of roads, bridges and other structures. The method applies a noninvasive medical imaging technique to a carbon ... read more

Researchers Harness DNA as the Engine of Super-Efficient Nanomachine

July 7, 2016 — Researchers have established a way to harness DNA as the engine of a microscopic 'machine' they can turn on to detect trace amounts of substances that range from viruses and bacteria to ... read more

Wireless, Wearable Toxic-Gas Detector

June 30, 2016 — Wearable, wireless sensors have now been developed by researchers, based on carbon nanotubes, that can detect toxic gases and can be worn by soldiers to detect hazardous chemical ... read more

Radiation-Guided Nanoparticles Zero in on Metastatic Cancer

June 29, 2016 — Zap a tumor with radiation to trigger expression of a molecule, then attack that molecule with a drug-loaded nanoparticle, say cancer ... read more

Synthesized Microporous 3D Graphene-Like Carbons

June 28, 2016 — Zeolites' nanoporous systems are an ideal template for the synthesis of three-dimensional (3D) graphene architecture, but the high temperatures required for their synthesis cause the reactions ... read more

Hydrogen Production from a Relative of Fool's Gold

June 28, 2016 — Scientists discovered a pyrite-type compound, similar to fool’s gold, that is competitive with platinum for splitting water to produce ... read more

Nano-Sculptures for Longer-Lasting Battery Electrodes

June 28, 2016 — Scientists know how a liquid metal technique selectively removes elements from a block of well-mixed metals and creates intricate ... read more

Simple Preparation for Affordable Solar Energy Storage

June 28, 2016 — A simple process made an electrode that absorbs sunlight and produces oxygen on tiny cobalt islands on a silicon ... read more

Can We Beat Mother Nature at Materials Design?

June 28, 2016 — In a review article in Nature Materials, a team of scientists assessed the common design motifs of a range of natural structural materials and determined what it would take to design and fabricate ... read more

Tiniest Imperfections Make Big Impacts in Nano-Patterned Materials

June 28, 2016 — Scientists report an interesting conclusion that could have major impacts on the future of nano-manufacturing. Their analysis for a model of the process of random sequential adsorption (RSA) shows ... read more

Low-Current, Highly Integrable Spintronics Device Developed

June 30, 2016 — Scientists have developed a device capable of controlling magnetism at a lower current level than conventional spintronics devices. The new device was fabricated by combining a solid electrolyte with ... read more

High-Pressure Generator Using a Superconducting Diamond Developed

June 30, 2016 — Researchers have developed a new diamond anvil cell by micro-fabricating a superconducting diamond, which conducts electricity like metal and serves as electrodes, on the world's hardest and ... read more

Researchers Discover a New Method to Boost Oil Recovery

June 27, 2016 — As oil producers struggle to adapt to lower prices, getting as much oil as possible out of every well has become even more important, despite concerns from nearby residents that some chemicals used ... read more

Scientists Develop Nanomachines to Diagnose Illness

June 27, 2016 — Tiny machines that build themselves and detect disease? Step inside the nanoscale world of one researcher's ... read more

Building a Smart Cardiac Patch

June 27, 2016 — Researchers have created nanoscale electronic scaffolds that can be seeded with cardiac cells to produce a 'bionic' cardiac patch. Once implanted, the bionic patch could act similarly to a ... read more

Radioactive Cesium Fallout on Tokyo from Fukushima Mostly in Glass Microparticles

June 27, 2016 — New research shows that most of the radioactive fallout which landed on downtown Tokyo a few days after the Fukushima accident was concentrated and deposited in non-soluble glass microparticles, as a ... read more

This Message Will Self-Destruct

June 24, 2016 — In movies and television shows, audio tapes or other devices self-destruct after delivering the details of impossible missions. Scientists have taken it to a new ... read more

3-Dimensional Prostate Model Created

June 24, 2016 — A team of researchers are developing a three-dimensional model for prostate cancer research based on cryogels. The model will be used to reproduce natural processes and above all to examine the ... read more

Nanotechnology, Math Deliver Two-in-One Punch for Cancer Therapy Resistance

June 23, 2016 — Math, biology and nanotechnology are becoming strange, yet effective bed-fellows in the fight against cancer treatment resistance. Researchers have engineered a revolutionary new approach to cancer ... read more

Ultrathin, Flat Lens Resolves Chirality and Color

June 23, 2016 — Researchers have developed an ultra-compact, flat lens that can simultaneously capture both spectral information and the chirality of an ... read more

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