Combing out a tangled problem Machines are getting cozy with our cells. Embeddable sensors record how and when neurons fire; electrodes spark heart cells to beat or brain cells to fire; neur... Read more
Researchers have developed a new type of sensor that acts like Velcro® for prostate cancer cells, sticking them to a modified frosted glass slide, like those used in science classes, so that... Read more
A simple technique for producing oxide nanowires directly from bulk materials could dramatically lower the cost of producing the one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures. That could open the door... Read more
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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 neve... Read more
A microbial protein fiber discovered by a Michigan State University scientist transports charges at rates high enough to be applied in manmade nanotechnologies. The discovery, featured in th... Read more
Looking for other uses for the nanowires, including acting as a semiconductor between two materials, as a photocatalyst, a photovoltaic or an electrode for splitting water By looking at a pi... Read more
Imagine a solar panel more efficient than today’s best solar panels, but using 10,000 times less material. This is what EPFL researchers expect given recent findings on these tiny filaments... Read more
Image via Wikipedia European researchers have developed state-of-the-art nanowire ‘growing’ technology, opening the way for faster, smaller microchips and creating a promising ne... Read more
Stretchability is not something you’d think of as synonymous with electronics. For this very reason the realm of wearable electronic devices has been limited to devices on clothes with... Read more
One doesn’t have to look very far these days to see the ever increasing prevalence and popularity of multi-touch technology and the additional interaction it offers the consumer. Opening up... Read more
New ultra-clean nanowires produced at the Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen will have a central role in the development of new high-efficiency solar cells and electronics on a na... Read more
Carbon nanotubes, despite all the technological advances they’re making possible, look pretty boring. When viewed though a microscope, they are, essentially, just straight tubes. Now scienti... Read more
Yi Cui, an Assistant Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Stanford University, has invented quite the water filter. It’s inexpensive, is very resistant to clogging, and uses much... Read more
