Nanotechnology/Micromachines

Novel biometric tool, EarEcho, uses sound waves to identify the ear canal's unique geometryCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Visit a public space. Chances are you'll see people wearing earbuds or earphones. The pervasiveness…

Photons interact on chip-based system with unprecedented efficiencyCredit: Stevens Institute of Technology To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with each other, each…

Nanoscale devices open new era in biomedical research and materials scienceCredit: Emory University Just as the steam engine set the stage for the Industrial Revolution, and micro transistors sparked the digital age, nanoscale…

Pitt researchers create first universal computer model for metal nanoparticle adsorption PITTSBURGH (Sept. 18, 2019) -- Metal nanoparticles have a wide range of applications, from medicine to catalysis, from energy to the environment. But…

Researchers develop a spectrally efficient signal technology, which involves changing the shape of the transmitted signalsCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Scientists around the world are conducting…

The discovery will allow views of interactions never before seen COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Proteins are the workhorses of our bodies. They keep our organs functioning. They regulate our cells. They are the targets for medications that treat a…

Credit: Masahiro Takinoue of Tokyo Institute of Technology A Research group led by Tokyo Tech reports a way of constructing DNA-based microcapsules that hold great promise for the development of new functional materials and devices…

Toward realization of lightweight and high strength structural materialsCredit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Single-walled carbon nanotubes should theoretically be extremely strong, but it remains unclear why their…

Scientists have created a novel two-layer microchip to track individual developmental changes in stem cells over longer time periodsCredit: Ben-Yakar Lab at UT Austin WASHINGTON, D.C., September 17, 2019 -- An interdisciplinary team has…

Electrons on liquid helium may have applications in quantum computingCredit: OIST Quantum computing harnesses enigmatic properties of small particles to process complex information. But quantum systems are fragile and error-prone,…