Quantum dots made from fool’s gold boost battery performance
If you add quantum dots – nanocrystals 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair – to a smartphone battery it will charge in 30 seconds, but the effect only lasts for a few recharge cycles....
View Article‘Spooky action at a distance’ is really real
Einstein was wrong about at least one thing: There are, in fact, “spooky actions at a distance,” as now proven by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Einstein used...
View ArticleNanowires give ‘solar fuel cell’ efficiency a tenfold boost
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and FOM Foundation today present a very promising prototype of this in the journal Nature Communications. The material gallium phosphide enables...
View ArticleNanotech drug delivery shows promise for improved melanoma treatment
A new three-drug delivery system for cancer treatment, especially metastatic melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has been developed by researchers. The work has demonstrated that the system...
View ArticleNanodevices at one-hundredth the cost
New techniques for building microelectromechanical systems show promise. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Microelectromechanical systems — or MEMS — were a $12 billion business in 2014. But that market is dominated...
View ArticleSelf-stacking nanogrids
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Since the 1960s, computer chips have been built using a process called photolithography. But in the past five years, chip features have gotten smaller than the wavelength of light,...
View ArticleBeyond silicon: the search for new semiconductors
Our modern world is based on semiconductors. In addition to your computer, cellphones, and digital cameras, semiconductors are a critical component of a growing number of devices. Think of the...
View ArticleResearchers develop new lens for terahertz radiation
Engineers have devised a way to focus terahertz radiation using an array of stacked metal plates, a technique which may prove useful for terahertz imaging or in next-generation data networks. Terahertz...
View ArticleFighting superbugs with nanotechnology and light
A new tool is emerging in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacterial disease. Beyond the global efforts to limit overuse and abuse of antibiotic drugs, nanomedicine is finding additional ways to...
View ArticleStabilizing quantum bits
Feedback technique used on diamond “qubits” could make quantum computing more practical. The post Stabilizing quantum bits appeared first on Tech in America.
View ArticleBattery tech with off-the-charts charging capacity
University of California, Irvine researchers have invented nanowire-based battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times, moving us closer to a battery that would never require...
View ArticleHot new solar cell
A team of MIT researchers has for the first time demonstrated a device based on a method that enables solar cells to break through a theoretically predicted ceiling on how much sunlight they can...
View ArticleHow nanotechnology can help us grow more food using less energy and water
With the world’s population expected to exceed nine billion by 2050, scientists are working to develop new ways to meet rising global demand for food, energy and water without increasing the strain on...
View ArticlePhysicists Predict Previously Unseen Phenomena In Exotic Materials
Better understanding of topological semimetals could help usher in future electronics. Discovered just five years ago, topological semimetals are materials with unusual physical properties that could...
View ArticleResearchers Discover New Way To Turn Electricity Into Light, Using Graphene
Summary: Turning Electricity Into Light, Using Graphene When an airplane begins to move faster than the speed of sound, it creates a shockwave that produces a well-known “boom” of sound. Now,...
View ArticleTough New Hydrogel Hybrid Doesn’t Dry Out
Water-based material could be used to make artificial skin, longer-lasting contact lenses. Watch Video If you leave a cube of Jell-O on the kitchen counter, eventually its water will evaporate, leaving...
View ArticleA Guide To The Nanotechnology Used In The Average Home
As a researcher of nanomaterials, I am often asked: “When are we finally going to start seeing nanotechnology products on the market?” This is a simple question to answer because the average home is...
View ArticleMeet The Biohackers Letting Technology Get Under Their Skin
For some people, the human body isn’t a temple. Instead they see it as a source of frustration thanks to the considerable limitations compared to the powerful technology available today. In the last...
View ArticleNanosensors Could Help Determine Tumors’ Ability to Remodel Tissue
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office September 29, 2016 MIT researchers have designed nanosensors that can profile tumors and may yield insight into how they will respond to certain therapies. The system is...
View ArticleNanoscale Heat Transfer in Carbon Nanotubes – Sugar Alcohol Composite as Heat...
By Huaichen Zhang*, Camilo C. M. Rindt, David M. J. Smeulders, and Silvia V. Nedea* Abstract (image above) Nanoscale carbon structures such as graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can greatly improve...
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