Researchers have created flexible transistors that leverage silk's nanoscale interactions with moisture to toggle between different modes of operation. The biohybrid devices act as highly sensitive breath sensors able to monitor respiratory d...
Oct 24, 2023
Nanosurf, a leading provider of cutting-edge atomic force microscope (AFM) measurement equipment, offers fully automated, clean-room compliant AFM measurement solutions for the semiconductor industry.
Oct 24, 2023
Researchers uncover the process by which centuries of corrosion and crystallization formed photonic crystals.
Oct 24, 2023
Parts have excellent material recyclability properties and can be used repeatedly.
Oct 24, 2023
In new research, a team of scientists led by Aalto University used a specially-designed reactor to create a liquid-like layer of molecules, called self-assembled monolayers, on top of a silicon surface.
Oct 23, 2023
A brain-inspired chip from IBM, dubbed NorthPole, is more than 20 times as fast as—and roughly 25 times as energy efficient as—any microchip currently on the market when it comes to artificial intelligence tasks. According to a study from IBM, app...
Oct 23, 2023
Electronic sensors that use piezoresistance—that is, a change in the electric resistance of a material due to mechanical activity—are common in many devices, including cars, medical wearables, and smartphones. Now, researchers in Australia have de...
Oct 23, 2023
A team led by Prof. Wang Yucai and Associate Prof. Jiang Wei from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed the mechanism of the tumor vascular basement membranes (BM) blocking nanop...
Oct 23, 2023
Scientists have developed a DNA-based nano engine that exhibits pulsing movements. Mirroring a hand grip trainer’s functionality, but vastly smaller, it employs RNA polymerases for its action and is powered by nucleotide triphosphates, offering po...
Oct 23, 2023
Distinctive iridescent patina comes from an unusual hierarchically assembled structure with highly ordered nanoscale domains The post Photonic crystals formed over time in ancient Roman glass appeared first on Physics World.
Oct 23, 2023
