Irish researchers make major breakthrough in smart printed electronics

Researchers in Ireland have fabricated printed transistors consisting entirely of 2-dimensional nanomaterials for the first time. This breakthrough could unlock the potential for numerous applications

Nanostructure 3D printing mimics bio-materials

Printing of metal structures with complex 3D architectures will have a variety of uses from batteries to biological scaffolds.

Smog-Filtering Screens Will Make Our Polluted Future Slightly More Tolerable

Scientists at National University of Singapore have created a transparent smog-filtering window screen.

First Nanotechnology Medicine Is Almost Here

The use of nanotechnology in medical procedures may just be a few short years away, according to new research.

Nanoengineers 3-D print biomimetic blood vessel networks

Nanoengineers have 3-D printed a lifelike, functional blood vessel network that could pave the way toward artificial organs and regenerative therapies.

World's smallest radio receiver has building blocks the size of two atoms

Researchers have made the world's smallest radio receiver - built out of an assembly of atomic-scale defects in pink diamonds.

As Methane Surges, Scientists Look to Nanotech and Microbes to Capture It

Methane is many times more potent than carbon dioxide, but it's also more difficult to capture.

Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling

MIT researchers discover astonishing behavior of water confined in carbon nanotubes.

World's smallest magnifying glass makes it possible to see chemical bonds between atoms

For centuries, scientists believed that light couldn't be focused down smaller than its wavelength. Now, researchers have created the world's smallest magnifying glass, which focuses light a billion times more tightly, down to the scale of single atoms.

Nanobionic spinach plants can detect explosives

After sensing dangerous chemicals, the carbon-nanotube-enhanced plants send an alert.

New devices emulate human biological synapses

A new type of nanodevice for computer microprocessors is being developed that can mimic the functioning of a biological synapse -- the place where a signal passes from one nerve cell to another in the body.

Physicists create nano-sized device with huge potential in field of quantum computing

An intricately sculpted device is so tiny it can only be seen under a microscope. But their diamond microdisk could lead to huge advances in computing, telecommunications, and other fields.

For First Time Ever, Carbon Nanotube Transistors Have Outperformed Silicon

Carbon nanotubes are one of the most conductive materials ever discovered. Now, for the first time ever, scientists made a transistor using carbon nanotubes that beats silicon.

Five nanotechnology research projects that could deliver big results

Berkeley Lab researchers are using the science of the very small to help solve big challenges. Here are five projects, now underway which promise big results from the smallest of building blocks.