![]() Nano-sized electronic circuit promises bright view of early universeA newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the universe. This invisible light makes up 98% of the light emitted ... |
New nanotech research to enhance future digital imagingA team of researchers from Northeastern’s Electronic Materials Research Institute has published research that has resulted in a new breakthrough in the field of nanophotonics, the study of light at the nanoscale level. |
Scientists show how some solids mimic liquids on nanoscaleA University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale. |
![]() Drawing nanoscale features the fast and easy wayScientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technique for nanolithography that is extremely fast and capable of being used in a range of environments including air (outside a vacuum) ... |
DNA used as a template for nanolithographyDNA is one of the most popular building blocks of nanotechnology and is commonly used to construct ordered nanoscale structures with controlled architectures. For the most part, DNA is looked upon as a promising building ... |
Researchers directly deposit gold nanoparticles in suspensionThe delivery, manipulation and assembly of functional materials such as metal nanoparticles into predefined architectures and patterns is of great interest in nanotechnology. Nanoscale patterns of nanoparticles have the potential ... |
![]() Automation of Nanotech Manufacturing May Be AheadIn an assist in the quest for ever smaller electronic devices, Duke University engineers have adapted a decades-old computer aided design and manufacturing process to reproduce nanosize structures with features ... |
![]() New lens device will shrink huge light waves to pinpointsManipulating light waves, or electromagnetic radiation, has led to many technologies, from cameras to lasers to medical imaging machines that can see inside the human body. |
If it wiggles, it must be jellyfish swimming -- or atoms moving in glassThe scientist who first compared the movements of atoms in glass to the wiggling of jellyfish in water has won the top award in the field of glass science. |
![]() The next big thing in molecular separationA new sieve designed by a University of Alberta graduate student could be the next big thing in separating molecules using really, really small devices. |
Nano Printing Technique Produces Model MembranesAn international team of investigators based in the United States and Germany has modified the nanoscale printing technique known as dip-pen nanolithography to create large numbers of model cell membranes. This method, published ... |
Researchers Improve Understanding of Mechanical Properties of Carbon NanotubesCarbon nanotubes are tiny garden-hose-like hollow tubes that have considerable promise for future applications such as nano-sized plumbing and nanolithography, and for the creation of numerous tiny devices such as mass sensors ... |
![]() Taking nanolithography beyond semiconductorsA new process for chemical patterning combines molecular self-assembly with traditional lithography to create multifunctional surfaces in precise patterns at the molecular level. The process allows scientists ... |
A simple method for making Lilliputian cupsThe technology for making ultrasmall containers - essential in a wide range of modern scientific research - has taken a giant step forward with new research by scientists in India. |
55,000 tiny Thomas Jeffersons show power of new methodEver since the invention of the first scanning probe microscope in 1981, researchers have believed the powerful tool would someday be used for the nanofabrication and nanopatterning of surfaces in a molecule-by-molecule, ... |