One string to rule them all

Scientists have engineered a tiny guitar string that vibrates 1 billion times when plucked. They would like to use it as a microphone for light.

Could holey silicon be the holy grail of electronics?

Engineers find that innovative material facilitates effective on-chip cooling.

One step closer to using nanoporous graphene membranes as smart filters and sensors

Scientists have developed a new method for creating a graphene membrane with pores whose size, shape and density can be tuned with atomic precision.

Mechanism of oxidative unzipping of multiwall carbon nanotubes to graphene nanoribbons

Researchers demonstrate that the oxidative unzipping of MWCNTs is intercalation-driven, not oxidative chemical-bond cleavage as was formerly proposed. The unzipping mechanism involves three consecutive steps: intercalation-unzipping, oxidation, and exfoliation.

How advanced nanotechnology can improve cancer care

Researchers discuss untapped potential of targeted nanocarriers to revolutionize cancer therapy.

Researchers find combination for small data storage and tinier computers

It may sound like a futuristic device out of a spy novel, a computer the size of a pinhead, but according to new research, it might be a reality sooner than once thought.

Wiggling atoms switch the electric polarization of crystals

A time-resolved x-ray experiment elucidates that tiny atomic vibrations shift negative charges over a 1000 times larger distance between atoms and switch the macroscopic polarization on a time scale of a millionth of a millionth of a second.

Nanotechnology wearable self-charging power units

Researchers have developed small standalone devices by integrating maintenance-free power units that produce and use their own fuel instead of relying on an external power source.

Scientists unlock path to use cell's own nanoparticles as disease biomarkers

Extracellular vesicles can now be identified at the individual level.

The future of ultrafast solid-state physics

In a new paper, scientists assess the current state of the field of ultrafast physics and consider its implications for future technologies.

Form damages function and magnetism suffers

Researchers discover mechanism that decreases the magnetism of metallic core particles with a metal-organic framework shell, opening doors to new material designs.

Tiny probe can see and take body temperatures

Researchers have invented a world-first tiny fibre-optic probe that can simultaneously measure temperature and see deep inside the body.