Tag: Nanotechnology/Micromachines

Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Scientists from IFJ PAN in cooperation with researchers from the Nara Women's University (Japan) and the ...

Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08714 Scientists have tried to develop synthetic red blood cells that mimic the ...

Next-generation cockroach-inspired robot is small but mighty

HAMR-JR is one of the smallest and most dexterous robots to dateCredit: (Image courtesy of Kaushik Jayaram/Harvard SEAS) This itsy-bitsy ...

Active particles with light-switchable propulsion direction and reversible interactions

Credit: Source: UW Physics, M. Lisicki Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, ETH in Zurich ...

Lighting the way to porous electronics and sensors

Researchers from Osaka University introduce a straightforward fabrication method that dramatically improves the gas sensing performance of a common ceramicCredit: ...

Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly method

Applying a specific level of electric field is a shortcut to near-perfect alignment of the building blocks in vital technologies, ...

New method predicts spin dynamics of materials for quantum computing

Universal first-principles approach will accelerate the identification and design of materials for quantum information science and other spintronics applicationsCredit: Xinran ...

UCI scientists engineer human cells with squid-like transparency

Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissueCredit: Atouli Chatterjee / UC Irvine, Calif., June 2, 2020 -- ...

Exotic nanotubes move in less-mysterious ways

Rice scientists, engineers show boron nitride's promise for composites, biomedical applicationsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 2, 2020) - ...

From dark to light in a flash: Smart film lets windows switch autonomously

Credit: KAIST Researchers have developed a new easy-to-use smart optical film technology that allows smart window devices to autonomously switch ...

Smart molecules could be key to computers with 100-times bigger memories

Researchers have discovered a single molecule 'switch' that can act like a transistor and offers the potential to store binary ...

Stretchable variable color sheet that changes color with expansion and contraction

For the application of electronic skin that displays images pasted on the skinCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL ...

Microanalysis Society honors Chris Kiely in 2020 class of fellows

Lehigh University materials science and engineering professor, Materials Characterization Facility director recognized for contributions in electron microscopyCredit: Lehigh University Christopher ...

A remote control for neurons