New, carbon-nanotube tool for ultra-sensitive virus detection and identification

A new tool that uses a forest-like array of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes that can be finely tuned to selectively trap viruses by their size can increase the detection threshold for viruses and speed the process of identifying newly-emerging viruses.

Engineers transform brewery wastewater into energy storage

Engineers have developed an innovative bio-manufacturing process that uses a biological organism cultivated in brewery wastewater to create the nanostructured carbon-based materials needed to make energy storage cells.

New sensor material could enable more sensitive readings of biological signals

Scientists have created a material that could make reading biological signals, from heartbeats to brainwaves, much more sensitive.

Ultra-thin quantum LEDs could accelerate development of quantum networks

Researchers have developed all-electrical ultra-thin quantum LEDs, which have potential as on-chip photon sources in quantum information applications, including quantum networks for quantum computers.

One-pot synthesis towards sulfur-based organic semiconductors

A short and simple synthetic route for thiophene-fused aromatic compounds.

First demonstration of brain-inspired device to power artificial systems

New research has demonstrated that a nanoscale device, called a memristor, could be used to power artificial systems that can mimic the human brain.

Energy jumps back and forth between molecules during transfers

The process of photosynthesis, through which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy, involves a carefully choreographed transfer of energy from molecule to molecule. Exactly how the energy is moved is not fully understood, as it is extremely difficult to observe these transfers, which take place extremely rapidly and on a very small scale.

Cellular thermometer

A technique that uses fluorescent dyes to measure the temperature inside living cells is helping to reveal the mechanism by which living organisms generate heat.

How gecko feet got sticky

A study offers evidence that small morphological changes can lead to large changes in function. The gecko adhesive apparatus, one of the most spectacular innovations displayed by vertebrates, has been intensively studied for the last 16 years and is of considerable interest to nanotechnologists and biomimeticists.

Water sustainability through nanotechnology: A federal perspective webinar

This webinar is the first in a series exploring the confluence of nanotechnology and water.

Diamonds make a device cooler

A layer of diamond can prevent high-power electronic devices from overheating.

Exotic property confirmed in natural material could lead to fundamental studies

Researchers have confirmed the existence of a naturally occurring exotic property in which a material becomes thicker when stretched - the opposite of most materials - a discovery that could lead to new studies into the fundamental science of nano-materials behavior.