Biomedical 'skin-like bandage' is stretchy, durable and long lasting

A skin-like biomedical technology that uses a mesh of conducting nanowires and a thin layer of elastic polymer might bring new electronic bandages that monitor biosignals for medical applications and provide therapeutic stimulation through the skin.

Making spintronic neurons sing in unison

Scientists have taught two different emerging classes of nano-scopic microwave signal oscillators, which can be used as future spintronic neurons, to sing in unison with their neighbours.

Tip-assisted chemistry enables chemical reactions at femtoliter scale

A review of the advances made towards the confinement of chemical reactions within small droplets. The focus of the article falls to tip-assisted chemistry.

Carbon nanotube dry adhesive holds in extreme cold, strengthens in extreme heat

Researchers have developed a new dry adhesive that bonds in extreme temperatures - a quality that could make the product ideal for space exploration and beyond.

World's fastest quantum simulator operating at the atomic level

The world's fastest simulator can simulate quantum mechanical dynamics of a large number of particles interacting with each other within one billionths of a second.

The power of three

Insight into the role of a three-ring ligand may improve palladium-catalyzed reactions used for synthesizing organic products.

What a twist: silicon nanoantennas turn light around

These theoretical results will allow scientists to design nanodevices with extraordinary features for use in optoelectronics.

Nanopolymer-modified protein array can pinpoint hard-to-find cancer biomarker

Biochemists have developed a novel method for detecting certain types of proteins that serve as indicators for cancer and other diseases.