Tag: Nanotechnology/Micromachines

Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00485 A typical recycling process converts large quantities of items made of a ...

Engineering a carbon-negative power plant

Pitt professor Katherine Hornbostel receives ARPA-E Grant to design natural gas plant that captures more carbon than it producesCredit: Ramon ...

Tailored light inspired by nature

Researchers develop for the first time light fields using caustics that do not change during propagationCredit: WWU - Alessandro Zannotti ...

New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability

Credit: Yusheng Lei Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which ...

Electrochemical doping: researchers improve carbon nanotube transparent conductors

Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Aalto University have discovered that electrochemical doping with ionic ...

Trying to listen to the signal from neurons

Discovery will allow more sophisticated work at nanoscale

July 28, 2020

New method of fluid gating has implications for drug delivery, power generation and other usesCredit: ACS Applied Nano Materials The ...

Study: Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2D materials

July 27, 2020

Experts call for global effort to clear hurdles to mass productionCredit: MSNE/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 27, 2020) - Materials ...

NSF CAREER award to study microstructures of starfish skeletons

July 27, 2020

Credit: Virginia Tech Ling Li, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, has received a National ...

Trapping tiny particles: A versatile tool for nanomanipulation

July 27, 2020

Credit: OIST Nanoparticles are tiny. At just 1/1000th of a millimeter, they're impossible to see with the naked eye. But, ...

IU School of Medicine leads study to treat diabetic foot wounds, decrease amputation rates

July 24, 2020

Credit: IU School of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine is leading the first study of the national Diabetic Foot ...

Discovery of disordered nanolayers in intermetallic alloys

July 24, 2020

Resolving alloys' strength-ductility trade-off and thermal instabilityCredit: Photo source: DOI number: 10.1126/science.abb6830 Intermetallic alloys potentially have high strength in a ...

Getting a grip on near-field light

July 23, 2020

Research advances particle manipulation, high resolution microscopy, communications and moreCredit: (Image courtesy of Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEAS) There are many ...

CIC nanoGUNE reaches new depths in infrared nanospectroscopy

July 23, 2020

Credit: CIC nanoGUNE Researchers from the Nanooptics Group at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian) demonstrate that nanoscale infrared imaging - which ...

Novel technology extends battery life, increases upload speed, and reduces data corruption

July 23, 2020

Memory device, developed by USC researchers, shows record performanceCredit: (IMAGE CREDIT: XIAODONG YAN) Memory devices come in many forms. From ...

Materials scientist James de Yoreo receives Distinguished Scientist Fellow award

The US Department of Energy's Office of Science bestows one of its highest honors on PNNL materials scientistCredit: Background image ...

Atomic force microscopy reveals nanoscale dental erosion from beverages

Credit: Professor Seungbum Hong, KAIST KAIST researchers used atomic force microscopy to quantitatively evaluate how acidic and sugary drinks affect ...

Mix and match: New 3D cell culture model replicates fibrotic elements of pancreatic cancer

‘Seeing’ and ‘manipulating’ functions of living cells

Aiming to create 'God's eye' and 'God's hand' to solve the mystery of lifeCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ...

Junk DNA might be really, really useful for biocomputing