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Cutting Graphene into Smaller Fragments to Build Beneficial Nanostructures

Up to the present time, it has proved very challenging to convert the promises of the wonder material graphene into useful applications.

12 Dec 2018

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Higher Radiation Tolerance of Proteins

Electron microscopy is one of the most extensively used techniques for inspecting protein structure.

11 Dec 2018

Using Nanowire Memristor to Artificially Emulate Biological Synapses of the Human Brain

One of the most significant difficulties faced by modern technology is emulating and understanding the human brain: for one thing, the potential to artificially reproduce the processing of brain signals is one of the foundation stones for the development of artificial intelligence; for another, gaining insights into the cognitive processes at the base of the human mind is still far off.

11 Dec 2018

Study Helps Promote Gibbs’ Classical Nucleation Theory of Material Formation

A latest collaborative research headed by a research group at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Washington could offer engineers innovative design rules for developing microelectronics, tissues, and membranes and pave the way for better production techniques for new materials.

7 Dec 2018

Topological Control of Electrons Makes Future Electronic Roadways Possible

With a determination to find new ways to extend electronics beyond the use of silicon, physicists are testing other properties of electrons, beyond charge.

7 Dec 2018

Researchers Dissolve Water-Insoluble Nanographene to Produce 2D Molecular Adlayer

Generally, nanographene is insoluble in organic solvents and water, but this did not stop researchers from Kumamoto University (KU) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) from finding a way to dissolve it in water.

6 Dec 2018

Graphene Used to Detect ALS and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

The wonders of graphene are many—it can improve solar cell capacity, enable flexible electronic components, filter the finest subatomic particles, and transform batteries.

6 Dec 2018

Scientists Create Memristive Element Made from Nanowires of Zinc Oxide Crystal

Researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich, along with colleagues from Turin and Aachen, have successfully created a nanowire-based memristive element that works in relatively the same manner as a biological nerve cell.

6 Dec 2018

Researchers Find that Unique Nano-Scale DNA Signature Could be Common to All Cancers

Researchers from the University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) have found a distinctive nano-scale DNA signature that seems to be common to all cancers.

5 Dec 2018

Paul Scherrer Institute Receives World’s First 200mm PhableR Photolithography System from EULITHA AG

EULITHA, a Swiss startup company offering innovative lithography equipment and services for the nanotechnology, photonics and optoelectronic markets announced today that it has delivered its first PhableR photolithography system capable of patterning 200mm wafers to the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland.

From Eulitha AG 5 Dec 2018