Course set to overcome 'mismatch' between lab-designed nanomaterials and Nature's complexity

Advances in nanotechnology have made it possible to control the size, shape, composition, elasticity and chemical properties of laboratory-made nanomaterials. Yet many of these materials do not to function as expected in the body.

From insulator to conductor in a flash

Using short laser pulses, a research team has shed light on the extremely rapid processes taking place within novel materials.

One bit per atom: Physicists are reaching the ultimate limit for nanoscale data storage

The magnetic moment of single atoms or of small clusters makes it possible for a single atom to write 0 and/or 1 and freeze its state.

Spikes of graphene can kill bacteria on implants

A tiny layer of graphene flakes becomes a deadly weapon and kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery.