From Stone Age chips to microchips: How tiny tools may have made us human
The technology of miniaturization set hominins apart from other primatesCredit: Emory University Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making ...
Tag: Nanotechnology/Micromachines
Movie technology inspires wearable liquid unit that aims to harvest energy
Technology designed to advance self-powering devices such as consumer electronics and defense innovationsCredit: Wenzhuo Wu/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - ...
Physicists lower threshold for detecting extremely weak magnetic signals
New diagnostic optionsCredit: Oliver Dietze Physicists at Saarland University have developed magnetic field sensors that are breaking sensitivity records and ...
New method opens the way for cutting tools with longer lifetime
Credit: Anna Nilsen Researchers at Linköping University have developed a theoretical model that enables simulations for showing what happens in ...
The moiré patterns of three layers change the electronic properties of graphene
Credit: Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel Combining an atomically thin graphene and a boron nitride layer at a slightly ...
Listening to quantum radio
Credit: TU Delft Researchers at Delft University of Technology have created a quantum circuit that enables them to listen to ...
UTA researcher working to determine minimum energy use possible in lasers
Energy-efficient lasersCredit: UT Arlington Inside massive data centers, electrical data interconnections consume huge amounts of electricity. But an alternative--semiconductor laser-based ...
Breakthrough could enable cheaper infrared cameras
Quantum dots could make technology available for self-driving cars, consumer electronicsCredit: Xin Tang et al There's an entire world our ...
At the limits of detectability
New approach facilitates spectroscopy on individual moleculesCredit: Andreas Battenberg While spectroscopic measurements are normally averaged over myriad molecules, a new ...
When semiconductors stick together, materials go quantum
A new study led by Berkeley Lab reveals how aligned layers of atomically thin semiconductors can yield an exotic new ...
Design treatment of advanced metals producing better sculpting
New process targets improvements for defense, vehicles and health productsCredit: Srinivasan Chandrasekar/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Most people may ...
1 + 1 does not equal 2 for graphene-like 2D materials
Physicists from the University of Sheffield have discovered that when two atomically thin graphene-like materials are placed on top of ...
Sensing disturbances in the force
UC Santa Barbara researchers receive US Department of Energy grant to build atom-defect hybrid quantum sensor It will be a ...
Healthier dairy products with bacterial films and nanofiber membranes
Bacterial biofilms are typically the target of heavy-duty cleaning regimens, but these films aren't always bad news. In fact, growing ...
Scientists levitate particles with sound to find out how they cluster together
Credit: Melody Lim Scientists from the University of Chicago and the University of Bath used sound waves to levitate particles, ...
Nanoparticles help realize ‘spintronic’ devices
Researchers demonstrate nanoparticle systems crucial for new high-speed devicesCredit: ©2019 Ohya Laboratory For the first time researchers have demonstrated a ...
Nanotechnology and sunlight clear the way for better visibility
Credit: ETH Zurich / Christopher Walker Anyone who skis, wears glasses, uses a camera or drives a car is familiar ...
Overcoming cardiovascular disease with a magnetically-steerable guidewire microrobot
Credit: ©DGIST DGIST research team succeeded in developing a microrobot that can reach the accurate location of cardiovascular disease such ...
A new technology developed to detect and analyze colorless and transparent biomaterials
Credit: © DGIST DGIST announced on Wednesday, February 20 that Professor Jae Eun Jang's team in the Department of Information ...
A silver lining like no other
Self-sterilizing microneedles revolutionizing vaccination and drug deliveryCredit: University of South Australia Vaccinations are the world's frontline defence against infectious diseases ...