Saving precious water with nanoscale ingenuity

Biology has inspired new ways to harvest and collect water.

Winner announced for NNI's EnvisioNano nanotechnology image contest

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) has announced the winners of the latest round of EnvisioNano, a nanotechnology image contest for students.

Ultrathin, flat lens resolves chirality and color

Multifunctional lens could replace bulky, expensive machines.

Nanotechnology and math deliver two-in-one punch for cancer therapy resistance

Math, biology and nanotechnology are becoming strange, yet effective bed-fellows in the fight against cancer treatment resistance. Researchers have engineered a revolutionary new approach to cancer treatment that pits a lethal combination of drugs together into a single nanoparticle.

The discovery power of the gene chip is coming to nanotechnology

Rapid discovery power is similar to what gene chips offer biology.

Pphysicists create a high-precision 'quantum ruler'

Physicists have devised a method for creating a special quantum entangled state. This state enables producing a high-precision ruler capable of measuring large distances to an accuracy of billionths of a metre.

Ultrasensitive nonlinear metamaterials for data transfer

Scientists demonstrated the effect of the all-optical switching between streams of photons using non-linear metamaterials.

Borophene: A prospective extraordinary sodium anode material

A research team from Hong Kong found that borophene is expected to be an excellent anode material for sodium-based batteries.

Remote control actuation goes down to the nanoscale

Researchers have devised and demonstrated a novel approach to nanoactuation that relies on magnetomechanics instead of the conventional electromechanics utilized in micro and nanoactuated mechanical systems.

Researchers discover new chemical sensing technique

Scientists have reported a new technique to determine the chemical composition of materials using near-infrared light.

3D Brain-on-a-chip

To study brain cell?s operation and test the effect of medication on individual cells, the conventional Petri dish with flat electrodes is not sufficient. For truly realistic studies, cells have to flourish within three-dimensional surroundings.

Next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting thanks to new phosphor?

Researchers have discovered a new phosphor that could make next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting even cheaper and more efficient. The team used highly luminescent clusters of silver atoms and the porous framework of minerals known as zeolites.

Nanomedizin gegen Krebs: EU fördert Folgeprojekt

Gemeinsam mit Wissenschaftlern von zehn Partnerinstitutionen aus 5 EU Laendern setzen Radiologen des Uniklinikums Jena ihre Forschungsarbeit an multifunktionellen magnetischen Nanopartikeln fort, die zur Detektion und Bekaempfung von Krebs eingesetzt werden sollen.

Graphene-based material illuminates bright new future for flexible lighting devices

Researchers have pioneered an innovative new technique to make flexible screens more effective and efficient.