The World's First Programmable Nanoprocessor Takes Complex Circuitry to the...
The World's First Programmable Nanoprocessor An electron microscopy image shows a programmable nanowire nanoprocessor super-imposed on a schematic nanoprocessor circuit architecture. Photo courtesy of...
View ArticleImplant Micro-Worms Under Your Skin To Monitor Your Long-Term Health
Microworms A scanning electron microscope image of a bundle of microworms. MIT/Gleason LabNew nanotube "microworms" could lead to new types of embeddable biological sensors or drug-delivery systems,...
View ArticleFirst 3-D Images of Nanoparticles Help Researchers Build New Nanoparticles
3-D Nanoparticles in Atomic Resolution This shows the nanoparticle images from the experiment compared with projected 3-D reconstructions. Van Aert et. al/NatureThe method could illuminate how...
View ArticleStudy Finds Commonly Used Silver Nanoparticles Are Deadly to Microbes, Plants
Nanoparticles They may be tiny, but some researchers think they could be doing big damage. EMSL via FlickrNanotech is looked upon by many as the next great enabling technology that will revolutionize...
View ArticleNew Graphene Material is Paper-Thin and Ten Times Stronger Than Steel
Graphene PaperLisa Aloisio via UTSResearchers at the University of Technology Sydney have created a new material that is lighter, less dense, harder, and stronger than steel. But this material isn't...
View ArticleNew Nanometal Changes from Hard to Soft at the Flip of a Switch
Hard to Soft at the Push of a ButtonHelmholtz Association of German Research CentresMaterials scientists are constantly trying to tweak their products to be a little stronger, a little less brittle, a...
View ArticleThe First Self-Powering Nano-Device That Can Also Transmit Wireless Data
A Self-Powering Nano-Transmittervia ACSScientists working with DARPA and Department of Energy backing have cracked the code on a kind of technological milestone, for the first time developing a...
View ArticleResearchers Use DNA to Coax Quantum Dots Into Self-Assembling into a Light...
Quantum Dots Tiny semiconducting nanocrystals--quantum dots--can be engineered to absorb and emit a range of light wavelengths. Argonne National Laboratory via FlickrOr, how to build artificial...
View ArticleTiny Battery Embedded In a Nanowire Is the Smallest Battery Yet
Nanowire Nanobattery Hybrid electrochemical energy storage devices combine the advantages of battery and supercapacitors, resulting in systems of high energy and power density. ACS Nano...
View ArticleA Tiny Transistor Hooks Up To Individual Proteins In Human Tears
Lysozyme FoldingP.G. Collins/UC IrvineListening to lysozymes with one of the smallest transistors ever made Wiretapping an enzyme and listening as it unfolds could shed new light on the way proteins...
View ArticleNanocomposite Cavity Filler Reverses Decay, Killing Bacteria and Regenerating...
Fighting Tooth DecayU.S. NavyDentists may soon be getting a potent new weapons with which to wage the global fight against cavities. The University of Maryland has developed a novel new nanocomposite...
View Article7 Amazing Ways Nanotechnology Is Changing The World
Gold NanoparticlesWellcome ImagesTiny nanoparticles are a huge part of our lives, for better or for worse. "Everything, when miniaturized to the sub-100-nanometer scale, has new properties, regardless...
View ArticleNanotube Yarn Infused With Wax Makes Incredibly Strong Artificial Muscles
Nano Muscle Fibers These scanning electron microscope images show a carbon nanotube yarn that has incredible tensile strength. The upper image shows a highly coiled, wax-filled carbon nanotube yarn...
View ArticleThese Beautiful Nano-Rainbows Could Make Better TVs
Nano RainbowsKing's College LondonPotential to make better solar cells? Check. Improved televisions down the road? Check. Pretty? Check. It's difficult to manage color when you get to the nanoscale,...
View ArticleBlueprint: A Mini Sub That Could Steer Through The Body
Fantastic VoyageTrevor JohnstonAbout the size of "Abraham Lincoln's head on a penny," the device could travel through your body to deliver drugs and take samples. "In the future, tiny vehicles might...
View ArticleWatch These Liquid Metal 'Marbles' Go Splat And Un-Splat
Safe from impact, safe from extreme temperatures, and just plain fun to watch Here is the non-scientific, fantasy explanation of what's going on in this video: Scientists have discovered a way to breed...
View ArticleScientists Insert A Light-Emitting Bioprobe Into A Living Cell
Bio Beam A nanobeam inserted into a single cell. The photonic cavities on the beam "act like a nanoscale hall of mirrors," concentrating light at the center of the beam. Gary Shambat, Stanford School...
View ArticleStudy Finds Commonly Used Silver Nanoparticles Are Deadly to Microbes, Plants
Nanoparticles They may be tiny, but some researchers think they could be doing big damage. EMSL via FlickrNanotech is looked upon by many as the next great enabling technology that will revolutionize...
View ArticleNew Graphene Material is Paper-Thin and Ten Times Stronger Than Steel
Graphene Paper Lisa Aloisio via UTSResearchers at the University of Technology Sydney have created a new material that is lighter, less dense, harder, and stronger than steel. But this material isn't...
View ArticleNew Nanometal Changes from Hard to Soft at the Flip of a Switch
Hard to Soft at the Push of a Button Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Materials scientists are constantly trying to tweak their products to be a little stronger, a little less brittle,...
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