Beyond Silicon: Transistors without Semiconductors
Electrons flash across a series of gold quantum dots on boron nitride nanotubes. Michigan Tech scientists made the quantum-tunneling device...
Hubble spots galaxies in close encounter
Light and nanoprobes detect early signs of infection
Duke University biomedical engineers and genome researchers have developed a proof-of-principle approach using light to detect infections before patients show symptoms.
Two-Dimensional Atomically-Flat Transistors Show Promise for Next Generation Green Electronics
Sound waves precisely position nanowires
This image shows a simulation of the electric field distribution in a two-dimensional standing surface wave field.
A Battery Made of Wood? Wood fibers help nano-scale batteries keep their structure
Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity Rover
This is a reduced version of panorama from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity with 1.3 billion pixels in the full-resolution...
Polymer-coated catalyst protects "artificial leaf"
This complex solar cell is coated with two different catalysts and works like an "artificial leaf",...
