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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new control mechanism may prove useful in devices that make use of optical signals.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Twisted nanoscale semiconductors manipulate light in a new way. This effect could be harnessed to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving medicines as well as photonic...
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This approach could result in developing chemical sensors that are sensitive at a very low level to a specific chemical in the environment.
INSIDER: Energy
Using ultrabright X-rays from the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, a team of researchers led by Rice University has determined that sunlight itself can improve the efficiency of 2D...
Special Reports: Nanotechnology
Space Technology - January 2022
Read about the most powerful telescope ever launched into space, the NASA rocket that will carry humans back to the moon, the nanosatellites that are dramatically reducing the cost of space science, and much more...Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The built-in nanosensors glow to alert patients when a wound is not healing properly.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
An ultra-small actuator has nanometer-scale precision.
Briefs: Materials
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Engineers have developed a sensor system and manufacturing process for smart contact lenses. The sensor system contains a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near-perfect efficiency.
Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An "E-Skin" material can be printed without polymer binders.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Diamonds’ atomic flaws are converted into atomic sensors that watch a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
INSIDER: Materials
Boron is a versatile non-metal element, but until the last five years, chemists have only theorized about the useful properties and applications of two-dimensional (2D)...
INSIDER: Materials
To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists from NTU Singapore have created a new type of light sensor that is...
Briefs: Materials
The technique controls rather than combats ice formation.
Briefs: Energy
A new anode for aqueous batteries uses seawater as an electrolyte.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The optical-based sensor detects the presence of hydrogen without electronics, making the process much safer.
Briefs: Motion Control
The “nanoswimmers” could be used to remediate contaminated soil, improve water filtration, or even deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
A tiny sensor chip records multiple lung and heart signals along with body movements.
Question of the Week: Materials
Can Borophane Beat Graphene?
A Tech Brief in our November issue highlights a new material that’s super-thin and super-strong. By combining hydrogen with an atom-thick sheet of boron known as borophane, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have created a potential alternative to the breakthrough 2D material graphene. The Argonne...
Q&A: Nanotechnology
Jingcheng Ma, along with a team of researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, found a way to make ultra-thin water-resistant surface coatings robust enough to survive...
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Flexible carbon nanotube fibers woven into clothing gather accurate EKG and heart rate.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The 2D materials boost device performance for electronic devices, solar cells, batteries, and medical equipment.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Incorporating semiconductor components, microscopic robots are made to walk with standard electronic signals.
Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
Freetouch turns a smartphone into a touchscreen remote control.
Articles: Materials
Nanotube fibers that turn heat to power; a NASA antenna system; and an antimicrobial coating.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The optically powered machines self-assemble and could be used for nanoscale manipulation of tiny cargo.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Scientists are working to improve the image resolution of X-ray techniques.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Stacking extremely thin films of material on top of each other can create new materials with exciting new properties. But the most successful processes for building those...
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