Mystery of how black widow spiders create steel-strength silk webs further unravelled

Modified micelle theory may allow scientists to create equally strong synthetic materials.

Tiny electromechanical devices we use every day could be made from trees

Researchers describe how cellulose nanocrystals extracted from waste biomass can be used to produce functional MEMS devices with properties similar to those of silicon devices.

Scientists make new 'green' electronic polymer-based films with protein nanowires

Scientists have produced a new class of electronic materials that may lead to a 'green', more sustainable future in biomedical and environmental sensing.

Nanosized ferroelectrics become a reality

Using ferroelectricity instead of magnetism in computer memory saves energy. If ferroelectric bits were nanosized, this would also save space.

Electron microscope provides look inside organic chemical reaction

Recording video-movies of chemical reactions has been a dream of modern chemists; now it came true.

Understanding the building blocks for an electronic brain

Physicists are working on memristors, resistors with a memory, made from niobium-doped strontium titanate, which mimic how neurons work.