'Neuron-reading' nanowires could accelerate development of drugs for...
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed nanowires that can record the electrical activity of neurons in fine detail. The new nanowire technology could one day...
View ArticleGraphene and gold make a better brain probe
A team from Korea created more flexible neural electrodes that minimize tissue damage and still transmit clear brain signals.
View ArticleIBM scientists demonstrate ballistic nanowire connections, a potential future...
IBM scientists have achieved an important milestone toward creating sophisticated quantum devices that could become a key component of quantum computers. As detailed in the peer-review journal Nano...
View ArticleNo liquid helium, but still extremely cool
NIST scientists have devised a novel hybrid system for cooling superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPD) – essential tools for many kinds of cutting-edge research – that is far smaller...
View ArticleMaking flexible electronics with nanowire networks
A smartphone touchscreen is an impressive piece of technology. It displays information and responds to a user's touch. But as many people know, it's easy to break key elements of the transparent,...
View ArticleScientists demonstrate microwave spectrometer tailored for the Majorana quest
The quest for Majorana particles as building blocks for a future computer is on since the first observation of these particles in Delft in 2012. Due to their physical properties, a quantum bit based on...
View ArticleRough surfaces provide additional sites for energy-generating reactions in...
Fuel cells make electricity through chemical reactions. A key reaction is combining oxygen with hydrogen to make water while releasing energy in the form of electrons. The rate of this conversion is...
View ArticleOf wrinkles and wires: Capillarity-induced skin folding spontaneously forms...
(Phys.org)—Nanowires fashioned from DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)—one of several type of molecular nanowires incorporating repeating molecular units—are exactly that: Geometrically wire-like DNA-based...
View ArticleCotton candy capillaries lead to circuit boards that dissolve when cooled
Building transient electronics is usually about doing something to make them stop working: blast them with light, soak them with acid, dunk them in water.
View ArticleBetter understanding the principles of silicon etching leads to improved...
From solar cells that capture more light, to medical devices that resist colonization by bacteria; there are many applications for materials given a bristly coating of silicon nanowires. Creating these...
View ArticleInsights into the thermal behavior of metal nitride nanowires could open new...
Most electronic devices currently contain silicon-based chips. Other semiconducting materials show potential, but need further research to become commercially viable. Researchers at KAUST have...
View ArticleSynthetic ferrimagnet nanowires make more efficient memory devices
Racetrack memory is a potential next-generation solution for our digital storage devices. However, current experiments using single-layer ferromagnetic nanowires are less efficient than expected. New...
View ArticleCoupling a nano-trumpet with a quantum dot enables precise position...
Scientists from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the University of Basel have succeeded in coupling an extremely small quantum dot with 1,000 times larger trumpet-shaped nanowire. The movement of...
View ArticleNanowire resonators can be used to miniaturize energy-efficient electronics
Computers that fit in our pockets, television screens no thicker than a door, and cars only slightly bigger than their passengers, technology is constantly getting smaller. A major reason for this...
View ArticleResearch raises hope for erbium-based integrated photonics device
An Arizona State University researcher has made another breakthrough using the rare-earth metal erbium as the gain material for an optical amplifier, this time with an achievement that will enable its...
View ArticleUltra-fast and ultra-sensitive hydrogen sensor
A KAIST team made an ultra-fast hydrogen sensor that can detect hydrogen gas levels under 1% in less than seven seconds. The sensor also can detect hundreds of parts per million levels of hydrogen gas...
View ArticleNew ultralight silver nanowire aerogel is boon for energy and electronics...
A new ultralight silver nanowire aerogel could be a boost to the energy and electronics industries.
View ArticlePhysicists make breakthrough on brittle smartphone screens
Scientists at the University of Sussex may have found a solution to the long-standing problem of brittle smartphone screens.
View ArticleResearchers develop practical superconducting nanowire single-photon detector...
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are significantly better at photon detection efficiency (DE) compared to their semiconducting counterparts, and have enabled many breakthrough...
View ArticleNew way to write magnetic info could pave the way for hardware neural networks
Researchers have shown how to write any magnetic pattern desired onto nanowires, which could help computers mimic how the brain processes information.
View ArticleFunctional ring oscillators based on stacked gate-all-around silicon nanowire...
At this week's 2017 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), imec, the research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technology, reports on multiple key process optimizations for...
View ArticleMany more bacteria have electrically conducting filaments
Microbiologists led by Derek Lovley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who is internationally known for having discovered electrically conducting microfilaments or "nanowires" in the bacterium...
View ArticleImproving cyber security in harsh environments
Many people don't worry about the security of their personal information until it's too late. And protecting data is even more important for military personnel, whose lives could be in danger if some...
View ArticleResearchers develop highly sensitive gas sensors
A team from the Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University has suggested using porous silicon nanowire arrays in highly sensitive gas sensors. These devices will be able to detect the...
View ArticleSilver nanoparticles take spectroscopy to new dimension
As medicine and pharmacology investigate nanoscale processes, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize different molecules. Raman spectroscopy, a technique that leverages the...
View ArticleHard-to-stretch silicon becomes superelastic
As a hard and brittle material, silicon has practically no natural elasticity. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated that amorphous silicon can be grown into superelastic horseshoe-shaped...
View ArticlePearly material for bendable heating elements
The iridescent shimmer of a string of pearls may one day be more than pretty adornment. Scientists now report in ACS Applied Nano Materials a hybrid material consisting of imitation pearl combined with...
View ArticleNew technology heralds easy and innovative ways to catch rays
In a new study, Erik Johansson's research team at the Department of Chemistry at Ångström Laboratory in Uppsala has shown that a new technology using quantum dots can be used to produce a new type of...
View ArticleAtomic flaws create surprising, high-efficiency UV LED materials
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) traditionally demand atomic perfection to optimize efficiency. On the nanoscale, where structures span just billionths of a meter, defects should be avoided at all...
View ArticleScientists observe nanowires as they grow
At DESY's X-ray source PETRA III, scientists have followed the growth of tiny wires of gallium arsenide live. Their observations reveal exact details of the growth process responsible for the evolving...
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