Nanomaterials
Dec 18, 2018
Carbon nanotubes mime biology
Cellular membranes serve as an ideal example of a system that is multifunctional, tunable, precise and efficient.
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Nanophysics
Dec 10, 2018
Engineers produce smallest 3-D transistor yet
Researchers from MIT and the University of Colorado have fabricated a 3-D transistor that's less than half the size of today's smallest commercial models. To do so, they developed a novel microfabrication technique that modifies ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 19, 2018
Enabling fabrication beyond 7nm
How did we get from the Palm Pilots of the 90s to the ultra-powerful smart phones of today? In large part, because of scaling, where integrated circuits are made with smaller feature sizes fitting more and more circuit elements ...
Nanophysics
Oct 31, 2018
Flexy, flat and functional magnets
In the nanoworld, magnetism has proven to be truly surprising. Magnetic 2-D materials just a few atoms thick could provide a substrate for ever-smaller post-silicon electronics. An international research team led by Park ...
Nanophysics
Oct 30, 2018
Scientists discover technique for manipulating magnets at nanoscale
Physicists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered a new way to control magnets at the nanometer scale by electric current. This breakthrough, detailed in a paper published today in Nature Nanotechnology, ...
Materials Science
Oct 30, 2018
Gold 'micro jewels' from the 3-D printer
Thanks to a laser technique that ejects ultra-tiny droplets of metal, it is now possible to print 3-D metal structures—not only simple 'piles' of droplets, but complex overhanging structures, as well, like a helix measuring ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 16, 2018
Physics: Not everything is where it seems to be
Scientists at TU Wien, the University of Innsbruck and the ÖAW have for the first time demonstrated a wave effect that can lead to measurement errors in the optical position estimation of objects. The work now published ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 11, 2018
Latest Cornell dot features a new cancer weapon: antibodies
Antibody-based imaging of a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer is undergoing clinical trials worldwide, but the path from trial to application is being hampered by a major obstacle: safety.
Nanomaterials
Oct 10, 2018
Stamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation
MIT engineers have found a way to directly "pinprick" microscopic holes into graphene as the material is grown in the lab. With this technique, they have fabricated relatively large sheets of graphene ("large," meaning roughly ...
Materials Science
Sep 24, 2018
Breakthrough in blending metals—precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achieved
Researchers in Japan have found a way to create innovative materials by blending metals with precision control. Their approach, based on a concept called atom hybridization, opens up an unexplored area of chemistry that could ...
