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IMAGE: Feng Xiong, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering. view more  Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (June 10, 2020) — The world runs on data. Self-driving cars, security, healthcare and automated manufacturing all are part of a “big data revolution,” which has created a critical need

IMAGE: The production process for strong, deformable silicon pillars (links). The pillars are first etched through a resist, then oxidized and finally cleaned. On the right, the end result can be… view more  Credit: Illustration: ETH Zurich Since the invention of the MOSFET transistor sixty year ago, the chemical element silicon on which it is based

IMAGE: For the first time, FLEET researchers at UNSW, Sydney show the synthesis of ultra-thin graphitic materials at room temperature using organic fuels (which can be as simple as basic alcohols… view more  Credit: UNSW, Sydney For the first time, FLEET researchers at UNSW, Sydney show the synthesis of ultra-thin graphitic materials at room temperature using

IMAGE: TiO2/Au/TiO2 nanomesh on PET substrate as a kangaroo-patterned transparent and flexible circuit to light up a blue LED view more  Credit: Dr. Tengfei Qiu Australian researchers have demonstrated the strong potential for a new type of flexible, recyclable electrodes to be used in creating cheaper solar cells, touchscreens, wearable ‘e-skins’ and next-generation responsive windows. These

IMAGE: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are sponge-like organic-inorganic hybrid materials and have a variety of uses due to their ultra-high ‘porosity,’ or the ratio of pores or air pockets to the solid… view more  Credit: dgist Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are unique micromaterial compounds consisting of a sponge-like network of metal ions or clusters linked together by organic

Researchers in the USA have developed a graphene-based electrochemical sensor capable of detecting histamines (allergens) and toxins in food much faster than standard laboratory tests. The team used aerosol-jet printing to create the sensor. The ability to change the pattern geometry on demand through software control allowed rapid prototyping and efficient optimization of the sensor

IMAGE: Microneedles, made of a biomaterial mixed with therapeutic agents, are attached to a strip of tape, needles facing down. The strip is applied to the wound area of the… view more  Credit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ANGELES) — Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent in that they naturally replenish the cell types that build our bone,

IMAGE: Small batteries were used to study the spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures in the laboratory of Matthew McDowell at Georgia Tech. view more  Credit: Matthew McDowell, Georgia Tech An unexpected property of nanometer-scale antimony crystals — the spontaneous formation of hollow structures — could help give the next generation of lithium ion batteries higher

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that people who hold negative opinions of genetically-modified (GM) food are likely to feel the same about nano-enabled food – food with nano-additives to enhance flavour, nutrition or prolong shelf life. In a survey

IMAGE: Nanostructures such as these thiol-covered gold nanoparticles can now be studied by using the new machine learning method developed in the University of Jyväskylä. The method can predict the potential… view more  Credit: Antti Pihlajamäki/The University of Jyväskylä Researchers at the Nanoscience Center and at the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä

IMAGE: Rice University scientists have created an open-source algorithm, SEMseg, that simplifies nanoparticle analysis using scanning electron microscope images. view more  Credit: Landes Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON – (June 8, 2020) – Rice University scientists have developed an easy and affordable tool to count and characterize nanoparticles. The Rice labs of chemists Christy Landes and Stephan

MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors — silicon-based components that mimic the information-transmitting synapses in the human brain. The researchers borrowed from principles of metallurgy to fabricate each memristor from alloys of silver and copper,

IMAGE: Nathan Youngblood, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. view more  Credit: University of Pittsburgh/Ric Evans PITTSBURGH (June 8, 2020) … In the information age, where we ditch paper files and cabinets for digital files and hard drives, there is an imminent need for affordable and