The winner of the inaugural single-molecule nanotechnology Nanocar Race (w/video)

The winner completed th 150-nanometer course in about 1.5 hours.

Bird feathers inspire researchers to produce vibrant new colors

A research team mimics the rich color of bird plumage and demonstrates new ways to control how light interacts with materials.

The complex interplay of nanosilver and wheat roots

A new study illustrates the complexity of the toxicity pattern for plants exposed to silver nanoparticles, the necessity of monitoring several markers to accurately evaluate the toxicity, and the interest of interpreting the toxicity pattern in light of the distribution and speciation of silver.

Nanogaps in plasmonic gold wires enhance voltage when excited

If they're quick about it, 'hot' electrons excited in a plasmonic metal can tunnel their way across a nanoscale gap to a neighboring metal. Scientists said the cool part is what happens in the gap.

Chemically custom tailored graphene

Scientists were able to identify, for the first time, vibrational spectra as the specific fingerprints of step-by-step chemically modified graphene by means of light scattering.

A molecular slingshot to shoot drugs onto the site of an infection

Chemists specializing in nanotechnology create a molecular slingshot that shoots drugs.

Refrigerator for quantum computers discovered

Quantum physicists have invented a quantum-circuit refrigerator, which can reduce errors in quantum computing.

Organic electronics: Semiconductors as decal stickers

No more error-prone evaporation deposition, drop casting or printing: Scientists have developed organic semiconductor nanosheets, which can easily be removed from a growth substrate and placed on other substrates.

Nanocatalysts generate power from polluted air

Researchers have succeeded in developing a process that purifies air and, at the same time, generates power. The device must only be exposed to light in order to function.