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Nanotube-Based Yarns Harvest Energy From Twisting and Stretching

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Nanotube yarns offer an alternative to piezoelectric and triboelectric devices for harvesting energy

Aug 25, 2017

Cyborg Bacteria Change the Game in Carbon Dioxide Reduction

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Bacteria covered with semiconductor nanocrystals convert CO2 into acetic acid

Aug 22, 2017

Cyborg Bacteria Change the Game in Carbon Dioxide Reduction

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Bacteria covered with semiconductor nanocrystals convert CO2 into acetic acid

Aug 22, 2017

Fullerene Device Acts as Both Solar Cell and a Current Inverter

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

An experimental C60 device is the first to show the photovoltaic effect and act as a spin-valve at the same time

Aug 17, 2017

Fullerene Device Acts as Both Solar Cell and a Current Inverter

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

An experimental C60 device is the first to show the photovoltaic effect and act as a spin-valve at the same time

Aug 17, 2017

Converging on cancer at the nanoscale

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Marking its first anniversary, the Koch Institute’s Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine goes full steam ahead.

Jul 7, 2017

Tiny “motors” are driven by light

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Researchers demonstrate nanoscale particles that ordinary light sources can set spinning.

Jun 30, 2017

Scientists produce dialysis membrane made from graphene

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Material can filter nanometer-sized molecules at 10 to 100 times the rate of commercial membranes.

Jun 28, 2017

Probe for nanofibres has atom-scale sensitivity

Nano Magazine   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Optical fibers are the backbone of modern communications, shuttling information from A to B through thin glass filaments as pulses of light. They are used extensively in telecommunications, allowing information to travel at near the speed of light...

Jan 30, 2017

Molecular compounds mimic effective graphene agents, show potential for therapies

Nano Magazine   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Treated particles of graphene derived from carbon nanotubes have demonstrated remarkable potential as life-saving antioxidants, but as small as they are, something even smaller had to be created to figure out why they work so well.

Jan 26, 2017

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