The Arduino Nano has been at the heart of many projects over the years, including the captivating Edgytokei clock, a six-legged stinger and the retro-tastic Synth Bike. Now the Nano is getting a bunch of baby brothers in the shape of the Na...
May 20, 2019
Researchers are creating ultra-thin, highly ordered layers of spherical hydrogel beads that encapsulate gold or silver particles. These structures are of interest for applications in optoelectronics -- light-based information and communication tec...
May 20, 2019
By applying concepts developed in micro- and nanorobotics, researchers demonstrate the controlled motion and delivery of cargo payloads embedded in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The helical MOF-based micromachine, propelled by artificial bacter...
May 20, 2019
Conductive and compressible carbon aerogels are useful in a variety of applications. In recent decades, carbon aerogels have been widely explored by using graphitic carbons and soft carbons, which show advantages in superelasticity. These elastic ...
May 20, 2019
To improve car engines, produce nanomaterials or design rocket engines, it is essential to understand combustion processes.
May 20, 2019
Researchers have developed a polariton nano-laser operating at room temperature.
May 20, 2019
In a new study, researchers have propelled water nanodroplets across a graphene surface at speeds of up to 250 km (155 miles) per hour—which, for comparison, is about twice as fast as a sprinting cheetah. The water droplets' ultrafast velocit...
May 20, 2019
Researchers demonstrate a room temperature polariton nano-laser, providing the crucial path of related research such as polariton physics at the nanoscale and also applications in quantum information systems.
May 20, 2019
Inspired by the flexibility and rigidity of natural spider silks webs, researchers developed a simple and general method to fabricate superelastic and fatigue resistant hard carbon aerogels with nanofibrous network structure by using resorcinol-fo...
May 20, 2019
From the prehistoric pyramids to contemporary buildings, different three-dimensional (3D) structures have been created by packing together shaped objects. At the macroscale, the object’s shape...
May 20, 2019
