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Growing a 2D Functional Transistor on a Silicon Wafer
True to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the 1960s. But this trajectory is predicted to soon plateau because silicon — the...
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Graphene-Based Electronics
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new nanoelectronics platform based on graphene — a single sheet of carbon atoms.
INSIDER Nanotechnology
Carbon Nanotubes Store Energy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on metal foils that could be a boon for energy storage and the electronics...
INSIDER Wearables
Smart Mask Tracks Respiratory Sounds to Identify Disease
Researchers have developed an Internet of Things (IoT) smart mask, integrating an ultrathin nanocomposite sponge structure-based soundwave sensor. It can detect and classify...
Briefs Software
AI that Mimics the Human Eye
Researchers at University of Central Florida have developed an artificial intelligence device that mimics the retina of the eye.
Briefs Nanotechnology
Nanomagnets Can Perform AI-Like Processing
The new method could slash the energy cost of AI.
Articles Nanotechnology
Products of Tomorrow
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow.
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Graphene Boosts Flexible and Wearable Electronics Boosts
At 200 times stronger than steel, graphene has been hailed as a super material of the future since its discovery in 2004. The ultrathin carbon material is an incredibly strong...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Novel Nanowire Fabrication Technique Paves Way for Next Generation Spintronics
The challenge of fabricating nanowires directly on silicon substrates for the creation of the next generation of electronics has finally been solved by...
INSIDER Motion Control
NYU Tandon Researchers Explore a More Frictionless Future
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Elisa Riedo and her team have discovered a fundamental friction law that is leading to a deeper understanding of energy...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
World's Smallest Photon Achieved in Dielectric Nanocavity
Until recently, it was widely believed among physicists that it was impossible to compress light below the so-called diffraction limit, except when using metal nanoparticles,...
Briefs Nanotechnology
NanoGear Molecular Gear
Oscillatory and rotational motions of different parts are combined to pave the way to developing super-miniaturized mechanical devices.
Briefs Materials
Novel Chemical Glucose Sensing Method Based on Boronic Acids and Graphene Foam
Since it is a chemical sensor instead of being enzyme-based, the new technology is robust, has a long shelf-life and can be tuned to detect lower glucose concentrations than current systems.
R&D Robotics, Automation & Control
Tiny Swimming Robots Treat Deadly Pneumonia in Mice
The microrobots are made of algae cells whose surfaces are speckled with antibiotic-filled nanoparticles.
Quiz Nanotechnology
How Well Do You Know Nanotechnology?
How well do you know nanotechnology? Find out with this quiz?
INSIDER Wearables
Computer-Guided Drawing Machine Fabricates Paper Metamaterials
Scientists have developed a new technique for fabricating metamaterials from sheets of paper, using a computer to guide the movement of conductive ink pens and mechanical...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
New Ultrathin Capacitor Could Enable Energy-Efficient Microchips
The silicon-based computer chips that power our modern devices require vast amounts of energy to operate. Despite ever-improving computing efficiency, information...
INSIDER Nanotechnology
Strain-Sensing Smart Skin Ready to Deploy
A strain-sensing smart skin developed at Rice University uses very small carbon nanotube structures to monitor and detect damage in large structures. The “strain paint” uses the fluorescent...
INSIDER Medical
Biosensor Detects Brain Tumors with Less than a Drop of Blood
Researchers have developed a biosensor that could help physicians precisely diagnose brain cancer from a minute blood sample.
R&D Connectivity
Wireless Activation of Targeted Brain Circuits
A research team has created wireless technology to remotely activate specific brain circuits in fruit flies in under one second. The team used magnetic signals to activate targeted neurons...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Let’s Get Small: New Argonne Method Greatly Improves X-Ray Nanotomography Resolution
A group of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has created a new method for improving the resolution of hard X-ray nanotomography.
INSIDER Nanotechnology
Smart Microrobots Walk Autonomously
A collaborative effort has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size — smaller than an ant’s head — so that they can walk autonomously...
Briefs Medical
Novel Chemical Glucose Sensing Method Based on Boronic Acids and Graphene Foam
Since it is a chemical sensor instead of being enzyme-based, the new technology is robust, has a long shelf-life and can be tuned to detect lower glucose concentrations than current systems.
R&D Medical
Copper Nanowires Combat Spread of Diseases
An ancient metal used for its microbial properties is the basis for a materials-based solution to disinfection. A team of scientists has developed an antimicrobial spray that deposits a layer of...
Briefs Motion Control
Tiny Motors to Power a Network of Nanomachines
Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin recently created the first ever solid-state optical nanomotor.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Rice ‘Metalens’ Could Disrupt Vacuum UV Market
Tests showed the metalens they made could focus its 197-nanometer output onto a spot measuring 1.7 microns in diameter, increasing the power density of the light output by 21 times.
News Materials
Altair Honors Innovations in Sustainability and Lightweighting
Ford follows up its top prize in last year’s Sustainable Product category – for the Mustang Mach-E – with another electric-vehicle winner, the 2022 F-150 Lightning....
News Electronics & Computers
SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...
INSIDER Medical
A New Kind of Transistor — A Conductive Polymer
A new material holds promise for the next generation of organic electronics.
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