U.S. EPA finalizes reporting and record keeping requirements on nanoscale materials

For the first time, EPA is using TSCA to collect existing exposure and health and safety information on chemicals currently in the marketplace when manufactured or processed as nanoscale materials.

Fast track control accelerates switching of quantum bits

An international collaboration among physicists recently demonstrated a new framework for faster control of a quantum bit. Their experiments on a single electron in a diamond chip could create quantum devices less prone to errors when operated at high speeds.

Engineering nanomaterials to deliver precise treatments for heart disease

Researchers have demonstrated an enhanced approach to using nanomaterials to target inflammatory cells involved in atherosclerosis. The findings could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis, a leading cause of heart disease.

Scientists tie the tightest knot ever achieved

Researchers have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known - a scientific achievement which has the potential to create a new generation of advanced materials.

How photosynthetic pigments harvest light

New model could help scientists design materials for artificial photosynthesis.

Sketching out magnetism with electricity

Study uses an electric field to create magnetic properties in nonmagnetic material.

Ultra-fast, ultra-sensitive platinum selenide gas sensors

Researchers have demonstrated ultrafast and highly sensitive gas sensors using platinum selenide. This material - a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) - has promising potential in different areas of nanoelectronics, including optoelectonics as well as sensing.

Scientists sort through bilayer graphene

A team of scientists spent two years studying and organizing all of the most significant experimental and theoretical findings in the field of bilayer graphene. As a result, they published a review citing roughly 450 scientific papers on bilayer graphene and related subjects.

Developing a new generation of cortical implants for speech neural prostheses applications

BrainCom project proposes a radically new electrocorticography technology taking advantage of unique mechanical and electrical properties of novel nanomaterials such as graphene, 2D materials and organic semiconductors.