An old rock teaches us new tricks to fabricate van der Waals heterostructures

Scientists have found out that franckeite, a mineral belonging to the sulfosalts family, shows a natural crystal structure similar to the manmade van der Waals heterostructures.

High-resolution biomolecule imaging

Technique could provide unique views of single molecules that conventional methods can't match.

A new nanoparticle contrast agent for MRI

New iron oxide nanoparticles could help avoid a rare side effect caused by current contrast agents.

Turning up the heat for perfect (nano)diamonds

Researchers are taking rough, defective diamonds and using high temperatures to perfect them for quantum sensing.

New sensor made from carbon nanoparticles synthesized from cellulose

By making use of a source of cellulose, such as newspapers, and sugar to synthesize carbon nanoparticles, researchers have developed a material that could be used as a sensor as its components respond to various stimuli.

Scientists to develop space-based quantum-dot spectrometer

A NASA technologist has teamed with the inventor of a new nanotechnology that could transform the way space scientists build spectrometers, the all-important device used by virtually all scientific disciplines to measure the properties of light emanating from astronomical objects, including Earth itself.

Learning how to fine-tune nanofabrication

A new computational method may improve the control of nanomaterial fabrication.