Happy Friday! In yesterday’s newsletter, I explained how Apple was thriving in the world of wearables, but not everyone wants so many notification pings and a watch that needs charging daily. There is still very much a place for simpler wearables,...
Oct 15, 2021
Valerio Piazza is creating new 3D architectures built from an inventive form of nanowire. His research aims to push the boundaries of miniaturization and pave the way to more powerful electronic devices. He has just won the 2020 Piaget Scientific ...
Oct 15, 2021
A wave of funding focuses on antiviral nanomaterials as COVID countermeasures -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Oct 15, 2021
An international research team, with the participation of the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia, has achieved spin-electric control in molecular nanomagnets. This fact offers great advantages when preparing quant...
Oct 15, 2021
Rice University engineers have set the stage for weaving intricate, microscopic patterns of glass or crystal. Delicate structures printed by materials scientists at Rice University as seen in...
Oct 15, 2021
In a study, researchers developed a new metasurface called "metalens" that uses extremely deep, very narrow holes, instead of extremely tall pillars to focus light into a single site.
Oct 15, 2021
Nanomedicines may offer clinicians a way to deliver precise, targeted therapy directly to tumors without damaging surrounding tissue. Yet, progress in the development of new drugs that treat cancer at...
Oct 15, 2021
Nanoleaf knows that its users sometimes crave something a bit more minimal than LED light panels that stretch across their wall. That’s why the company is launching Lines, a series of backlight LED light bars which offer the same features as previ...
Oct 14, 2021
Researchers led by Edwin Fohtung, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, have developed a new technique for revealing defects in nanostructured vanadium oxide, a widely used transition meta...
Oct 14, 2021
University of Houston researchers are reporting a breakthrough in the field of materials science and engineering with the development of an electrochemical actuator that uses specialized organic semiconductor nanotubes (OSNTs).
Oct 14, 2021
