Transistor fabrication onto curved surface means turn toward better diabetes therapy

The nanotechnology advance is a key step toward an artificial pancreas: a catheter that can detect blood sugar levels and transmit the info to a wearable, computerized insulin pump.

Scientists make strong, super-tough carbon sheets at low temperature

An international research team has developed high-strength, super-tough sheets of carbon that can be inexpensively fabricated at low temperatures.

Chemists develop improved method to create artificial photosynthesis

A team of chemistry and chemical engineering researchers has developed a method of creating materials for artificial photosynthesis that is more efficient and cost-effective than current methods.

Built for speed: DNA nanomachines take a (rapid) step forward

In a new study, researchers describe an innovative DNA walker, capable of rapidly traversing a prepared track. Rather than slow, tentative steps across a surface, the DNA acrobat cartwheels head over heels, covering ground 10- to 100-fold faster than previous devices.

Wrap an electrode material for Li-ion battery into the inner spacing of carbon nanotube

Electrochemical characterization of a high capacitive electrode for lithium ion batteries using phosphorus-encapsulated carbon nanotubes.

The apparent inner calm of quantum materials

Physicists have confirmed a theory on topological phase transitions, a field of research initiated by the 2016 Nobel Prize-winners in physics.

Hematene joins parade of new 2D materials

In the wake of its recent discovery of a flat form of gallium, an international team has created another two-dimensional material that the researchers said could be a game changer for solar fuel generation.