Nanoscale diamond 'racetrack' becomes breakthrough Raman laser

New photonic microchip component promises advances in telecommunications.

Nano power grids between bacteria

Microorganisms in the sea organise their power supply via tiny power-cables, thus oxidising the greenhouse gas methane.

Cobalt atoms on graphene a powerful combo

Graphene doped with nitrogen and augmented with cobalt atoms has proven to be an effective, durable catalyst for the production of hydrogen from water.

Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project reports on its second year

During their second annual meeting, held in Venice, Italy on 8-9 October 2015, SUN project partners presented the results obtained during the second 12 months of the SUN ? Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project.

Doubling up improves nanoring design

A new nanoring design shows potential for generating short magnetic pulses and could be used to explore magnetic switching in materials.

Using X-ray scattering to measure features a a single silicon atom wide

Researchers reported success using an X-ray scattering technique to accurately measure features on a silicon chip to within fractions of a nanometer, or about the width of a single silicon atom.