Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and manufacturing.
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the University of California,…
Category: Nanotech
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Printable molecule-selective nanoparticles enable mass production of wearable biosensors
The future of medicine may very well lie in the personalization of health care — knowing exactly what an individual needs and then delivering just the right mix of nutrients, metabolites, and medications, if necessary, to stabilize and improve…
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Scientists shocked by durability of surgery-sparing technique
A nanotechnology-based drug delivery system developed at UVA Health to save patients from repeated surgeries has proved to have unexpectedly long-lasting benefits in lab tests — a promising sign for its potential to help human patients.
The…
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New acoustic wave phenomenon discovered
A unique propagation phenomenon of acoustic waves has been discovered, paving the way for developing advanced communication technologies using acoustic devices. The research was led by the Institute for Materials Research at Tohoku University, in…
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“Mr. Transistor’s” Most Challenging Career Moment
It says something about your career at a company that makes hundreds of trillions of transistors every day when your nickname is “Mr. Transistor.” That’s what colleagues sometimes call Tahir Ghani, a senior fellow and director of process…
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Strong as steel, light as foam: High-performance, nano-architected materials
Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but the lightness of Styrofoam.
In a new paper published in…
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Quiz: What Happened to Previous Top Tech Predictions?
Each January for more than a decade, the editors of IEEE Spectrum have delivered an issue that tries to predict the future. Specifically, we bring you a selection of important technology projects that we think will reach a significant milestone…
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From soot particle filters to renewable fuels
Carbon particles are present in many aspects of our daily lives. Soot, which consists of tiny carbon particles, is generated when energy sources such as oil or wood are not completely burned. Soot particle filters, in turn, remove the nanometer-…
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Optical Interconnects: Lightmatter’s Optical Interposers Could Start Speeding Up AI in 2025
Fiber-optic cables are creeping closer to processors in high-performance computers, replacing copper connections with glass. Technology companies hope to speed up AI and lower its energy cost by moving optical connections from outside the server…
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Can DNA-nanoparticle motors get up to speed with motor proteins?
DNA-nanoparticle motors are exactly as they sound: tiny artificial motors that use the structures of DNA and RNA to propel motion by enzymatic RNA degradation. Essentially, chemical energy is converted into mechanical motion by biasing the…
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