Nanoscale building blocks and DNA 'glue' help shape 3D architectures

New approach to design and assemble nanocomposite materials could advance energy storage.

Microresonators could bring optical sensors, communications

Researchers have solved a key obstacle in creating the underlying technology for miniature optical sensors to detect chemicals and biological compounds, high-precision spectroscopy, ultra-stable microwave sources, and optical communications systems that transmit greater volumes of information with better quality.

Hundred-fold improvement in temperature Mapping reveals the stresses inside nanoscale transistors

New imaging technique shows heat building up inside microprocessors, providing information to help solve heat-related performance issues.

Colossal magnetoresistance induced in pure lanthanum manganite

New research successfully used high-pressure conditions to induce colossal magnetoresistance for the first time in a pure sample of a compound called lanthanum manganite.

Could computers reach light speed?

Surface plasmons move at nearly the speed of light and travel farther than expected, possibly leading to faster electronic circuits.

Elastic drug delivery technology releases drugs when stretched

Researchers have developed a drug delivery technology that consists of an elastic patch that can be applied to the skin and will release drugs whenever the patch is stretched.

Graphene nanoribbon finding could lead to faster, more efficient electronics

Engineers have discovered a way to grow graphene nanoribbons with desirable semiconducting properties directly on a conventional germanium semiconductor wafer. This breakthrough could allow manufacturers to easily use graphene nanoribbons in hybrid integrated circuits, which promise to significantly boost the performance of next-generation electronic devices.

Graphene to help supercharge batteries for life on the move

Graphene has number of interesting properties that have led researchers to suggest either modifying components of Li-ion batteries, or using graphene as the energy-storage medium instead as promising solutions.

'Quantum dot finder' could help make high-performance nanophotonic devices

Researchers have developed a simple new technique for locating self-assembled, epitaxially grown quantum dots, and used it to create high-performance single photon sources.