From IT to black holes: Nano-control of light pioneers new paths

Breakthrough chip for nano-manipulation of light paves way for next generation optical technologies and enables deeper understanding of black holes.

Soft and small imaging breakthrough

Researchers develop breakthrough technique for non-invasive electron microscopy for soft materials.

Engineers develop first transistors made entirely of nanocrystal inks

Engineers have shown a new approach for making transistor devices: sequentially depositing their components in the form of liquid nanocrystal inks.

Nanoparticles show promise for treating intestinal inflammation

Nanoparticles designed to block a cell-surface molecule that plays a key role in inflammation could be a safe treatment for inflammatory bowel disease.

Team stores digital images in DNA - and retrieves them perfectly

The team of computer scientists and electrical engineers has detailed one of the first complete systems to encode, store and retrieve digital data using DNA molecules, which can store information millions of times more compactly than current archival technologies.

Researchers use light and sound waves to control electron states

The addition of sound waves offers the potential to better manipulate qubit communications within a quantum system, researchers say.

Crumpling approach enhances photodetectors' light responsivity

Researchers have demonstrated a new approach to modifying the light absorption and stretchability of atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials by surface topographic engineering using only mechanical strain.

Building a safety program to protect the nanotechnology workforce

This guide from NIOSH will demonstrate that the key to ensuring the safety of your business, particularly when resources are limited, is to prevent occupational exposures and incidents before they happen.

A new approach to simulating nanoscale heat transfer

Scientists are investigating the limits of heat transport using a suite of new tools for nanoscale thermal measurement and simulation, with an eye toward the creation of materials that are more thermoelectrically efficient.

Stabilizing quantum bits

Feedback technique used on diamond 'qubits' could make quantum computing more practical.

Graphene-based remote controlled molecular switches

Imagine a world where you can tailor the properties of graphene to have the outcome you desire. By combining its unique properties with the precision of molecular chemistry, scientists have taken the first steps towards doing just that.

Nanoparticle clumps recycle themselves into complex structures

Manufacturers produce high-end technology mostly top-down with large machinery, but small particles are able to build structures by themselves from the bottom up. A major challenge is that these particles easily clump together. Physicists have developed a method to use this phenomenon to their advantage.

Novel spectroscopy by using aberrations

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Researchers have done the scientific equivalent by using, rather than eliminating, flaws inherent to electron microscopy to create probes for performing novel atomic-level spectroscopy.

Nanogel that delivers one-two punch to cancer heads to clinical trial

An immunotherapy drug delivery system that can carry multiple drugs inside a nanoparticle is heading toward its first phase of clinical trials for a possible new treatment for cancer.

Researchers cook up new battery anodes with wild mushrooms

Carbon fibers derived from a sustainable source, a type of wild mushroom, and modified with nanoparticles have been shown to outperform conventional graphite electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.

Researchers track how halogen atoms compete to grow 'winning' perovskites

Researchers have found a potential path to further improve solar cell efficiency by understanding the competition among halogen atoms during the synthesis of sunlight-absorbing crystals.

Newly created Center of Space Nanomedicine to work on research aboard International Space Station

The Houston Methodist Research Institute?s newly created Center of Space Nanomedicine is working with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to send eight experiments to the International Space Station (ISS) over the next five years. The first experiment is set for launch this week.

Long-distance transport of electron spins for spin-based logic devices

Scientists have demonstrated long-distance spin transport by electrical means in a semiconductor quantum well, which is designed to increase spin lifetime.

A graphene chip filters light to boost communications

Scientists have developed a microchip using graphene that could help wireless telecommunications share data at a rate that is ten times faster than currently possible.

Magnetic delivery of therapeutic enzymes paves the way for targeted thrombosis treatment

Researchers have fabricated a new magnetically controlled material composed of enzymes entrapped directly within magnetite particles.

'Honeycomb' of nanotubes could boost genetic engineering

Researchers have developed a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and transfecting cells with genetic material on an array of carbon nanotubes, appears to overcome the limitations of other gene editing technologies.

Nanopillars on drone fly larvae allow them to avoid bacterial contamination

Biologists have discovered never-before-seen structures that appear to keep the maggot mostly free of bacteria, despite living where microorganisms flourish.