Researchers use nanotechnology to improve the accuracy of measuring devices

Researchers have synthesized multi-layered nanowires in order to study their magnetoresistance properties. Improving this effect will allow scientists to increase the accuracy of indicators of various measuring instruments, such as compasses and radiation monitors.

Made-to-measure silicon building blocks

Researchers describe a new way to produce long-awaited silicon building blocks in a simple and efficient way.

Improving nanotube biosensors for implantable sensing

Scientists have developed new nanotube biosensors using synthetic biology, which improves their sensing capabilities in complex biofluids, such as blood and urine.

Liquid microscopy technique reveals new problem with lithium-oxygen batteries

Using an advanced, new microscopy technique that can visualize chemical reactions occurring in liquid environments, researchers have discovered a new reason lithium-oxygen batteries tend to slow down and die after just a few charge/discharge cycles.

Generation of random numbers by measuring phase fluctuations from a laser diode with a silicon-on-in

Millimeter-scale chip uses less power to create quantum random numbers at high speeds.