System draws power from daily temperature swings

A new device can draw power out of the daily cycle of temperature swings to power remote sensors or communications systems.

Creating low-cost, pain-free injections

Researchers devise a new, inexpensive way to fabricate microneedles.

Gel uses nanoparticles for on-demand control of droplet shapes

Scientists discovered a simple way to form stabilized droplets in a variety of structures. Tightly packed nanoparticle-polymer assemblies at droplet surfaces were squeezed into desired shapes assemblies with an electric field.

New printing technique uses cells and molecules to recreate biological structures

Researchers have developed a printing technique using cells and molecules normally found in natural tissues to create constructs that resemble biological structures.

Self-healing damage at the atomic level

Scientists discovered a self-healing cycle for defects in ceramics predicted by advanced atomic-level simulations.

Cheap chemical probe makes it possible to optimize recycling and biofuel production

Processing of plant-based material for recycling and biofuel production is a black box. Not knowing the input makes it almost impossible to predict the output.

How bacteria produce manganese oxide nanoparticles

Multiple techniques to characterize an enzyme complex shed light on how bacteria create particles and contribute to global cycles.

Nanotechnology researchers discover novel exciton interactions in carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology researchers studying small bundles of carbon nanotubes have discovered an optical signature showing excitons bound to a single nanotube are accompanied by excitons tunneling across closely interacting nanotubes.

Demonstration of a single molecule piezoelectric effect

Breakthrough provides a new concept of the design of molecular motors, sensors and electricity generators at nanoscale.

Making light work of nanopositioning

An integrated design strategy lowers the mass and costs of motors that move objects nanometers at a time.

Graphene membranes make Sydney Harbour 'drinkable'

Using their own specially designed form of graphene, 'Graphair', scientists have supercharged water purification, making it simpler, more effective and quicker.