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Tough new hydrogel hybrid doesn't dry out (w/video)

Water-based material could be used to make artificial skin, longer-lasting contact lenses.

Jun 27th, 2016

Low-current, highly integrable spintronics device developed

The new device was fabricated by combining a solid electrolyte with a magnetic material, and enabling insertion/removal of ions into/from the magnetic material through application of voltage.

Jun 27th, 2016

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New electron-beam writing technique controls electronic properties for future on-demand re-configurable electronics.

Jun 27th, 2016

Discovery of large thermoelectric effect in organic compound at near-zero temperature

Researchers experimentally discovered that an organic compound can exhibit the large thermoelectric effect when it becomes semiconducting materials at extremely low temperature.

Jun 27th, 2016

A shampoo bottle that empties completely - every last drop (w/video)

Nanocoating to make soap pour cleanly out of plastic bottles, reduce waste and frustration.

Jun 27th, 2016

Researchers devise new tool to measure polarization of light

Researchers have developed a new tool for detecting and measuring the polarization of light based on a single spatial sampling of the light, rather than the multiple samples required by previous technologies.

Jun 24th, 2016

Natural photosynthesis with artificial molecules

Chemists have come one step closer to generating energy from sunlight: for the first time, they were able to reproduce one of the crucial phases of natural photosynthesis with artificial molecules.

Jun 24th, 2016

Flower power: Photovoltaic cells replicate rose petals

With a surface resembling that of plants, solar cells improve light-harvesting and thus generate more power.

Jun 24th, 2016

Winner announced for NNI's EnvisioNano nanotechnology image contest

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) has announced the winners of the latest round of EnvisioNano, a nanotechnology image contest for students.

Jun 23rd, 2016

Saving precious water with nanoscale ingenuity

Biology has inspired new ways to harvest and collect water.

Jun 23rd, 2016

The discovery power of the gene chip is coming to nanotechnology

Rapid discovery power is similar to what gene chips offer biology.

Jun 23rd, 2016

Nanotechnology and math deliver two-in-one punch for cancer therapy resistance

Math, biology and nanotechnology are becoming strange, yet effective bed-fellows in the fight against cancer treatment resistance. Researchers have engineered a revolutionary new approach to cancer treatment that pits a lethal combination of drugs together into a single nanoparticle.