Researchers Explain Nanoscale Crop Circles
Three years after their initial encounter, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have explained what’s happening with the “nanoscale crop…
Nanotechnology
Researchers Discover Electrical Switch for Magnetic Current
Physicists at the Max Planck Institute used a short electric pulse to change the magnetic transport properties of a material sandwich consisting of a ferroelectric…
Researchers Develop Nano-Infused Oil
Researchers at Rice University have created a nano-infused oil that uses a very tiny amount of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) particles suspended in standard mineral…
Researchers Work on Nanopatterned Surfaces to Improve Efficiency of Power Plants
A MIT research team published new findings on their analysis of condensation mechanisms. By using nanopatterned surfaces, the researcher offers new insights into how the…
Microfluidic Device Can Isolate Target Cells Faster than Existing Devices
Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated a new microfluidic device that can isolate target cells much faster than existing devices and may…
Researchers Control Width and Composition of Nanowire Growth
A team of MIT researchers developed a way to precisely control the width and composition of nanowires as they grow. By being able to grow…
Researchers Develop DNA Nanorobot to Seek Specific Cell Targets
Inspired by the mechanics of the body’s own immune system, researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University created a nanosized…
Nanoparticles in Food Affect Iron Absorption
A team of researchers studied how large doses FDA-approved polystyrene nanoparticles found in food and vitamins affect a chicken’s ability to absorb iron into their…
Researchers Create Electron Vortex Beams Inside Electron Microscopes
Researchers at the University of York have created electron beams with orbital angular momentum, electron vortex beams, which improve the resolution and sensitivity of imaging….
Two-Dimensional Polymers Created for the First Time
For the first time ever, scientists at the Polymers Institute of ETH Zurich have created two-dimensional polymers. They researched polymers with three or more covalent…
Researchers Uncover Why Lithium Iron Phosphate Works So Well
It took five years of research, but researchers at MIT now have a better understanding of lithium iron phosphate’s behavior. By studying how the material…
Researchers Study the Use of Photosystem-I as Photovoltaic Panels
MIT researcher Andreas Mershin believes that low cost photovoltaic panels may one day be made from plant material. His work is an extension of the…
Researchers Find Maximum Nanotube Brightness is Proportional to Length
Researchers studying single-walled carbon nanotubes at Rice University discovered new information about nanotube fluorescence and its relationship with length and imperfections. According to their findings,…
Physicists Work on Nano Loudspeakers to Make Better MRIs, Quantum Computers
A research team of physicists are hoping to demonstrate through experiment their theory describing how to both detect weak electrical signals and cool electrical circuits…
DNA Motor Navigates Programmable Network of Tracks
Researchers at Kyoto University and the University of Oxford utilized DNA origami to build a motor capable of traversing a network of tracks and switches….
Using Lasers to Cool Semiconductors
In a development that could pave the way for efficiently cooling the components of quantum computers, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have successfully used…
Hydrogen-Bubble-Powered Microrockets Could Deliver Drugs Directly Into Patient’s Bodies
Researchers have been designing a wide variety of self-propelled micromotors, many which operate using an oxygen-bubble propulsion mechanism that requires a high concentration of hydrogen…