Just as the steam engine set the stage for the Industrial Revolution, and micro transistors sparked the digital age, nanoscale devices made from DNA are opening up a new era in bio... Read more
A new spin on DNA Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribb... Read more
Smaller, faster, better: Nanoscale batteries may power future technology Inside modern cell phones are billions of nanoscale switches that flip on and off, allowing the phone to fu... Read more
Nanoscale patterning could enable precise manipulation of objects on many scales. Researchers at Caltech have designed a way to levitate and propel objects using only light, by cre... Read more
Magnetic teeth hold promise for materials and energy The mollusk, called a gumboot chiton, scrapes algae off ocean rocks using a specialized set of teeth made from the magnetic min... Read more
It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals. MIT researchers have invented a way to fabricate nanoscale 3-D obj... Read more
Using electrical impulses, the ‘tweezers’ can extract single DNA, proteins and organelles from living cells without destroying them. We are continuously expanding our knowledge on... Read more
Squeezing light to one atom will pave the way to ultra-small optical switches, detectors and sensors
In a recent study published in Science, researchers at ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, along with other members of the Graphene Flagship, reach... Read more
Now it’s possible for anyone to see and share 3-D nanoscale imagery with a new open-source software platform developed by researchers at the University of Michigan, Cornell U... Read more
Solar cells convert light into electricity. While the sun is one source of light, the burning of natural resources like oil and natural gas can also be harnessed. However, solar ce... Read more
New stamping technique creates functional features at nanoscale dimensions. The next time you place your coffee order, imagine slapping onto your to-go cup a sticker that acts as a... Read more
A team of mechanical engineers at the University of California San Diego has successfully used acoustic waves to move fluids through small channels at the nanoscale. The breakthrou... Read more
Berkeley Lab scientists are developing a new way to detect microscopic fractures in materials in the field Light-emitting, four-armed nanocrystals could someday form the basis of a... Read more
In an advance that helps pave the way for next-generation electronics and computing technologies—and possibly paper-thin gadgets —scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy’s La... Read more
