Storing one kilobit (8,000 bits) representing each bit by the position of a single chlorine atom is now possible thanks to research by scientists at the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at the University of Delft. This storage capacity is so small that the size of a stamp would be enough to store all the world … Read more
A low-cost plastic-based textile has been developed by Stanford engineers and has the ability to filter the radiation emitted by the human body, so by making clothes with it we could do without, most of the time, a system of air conditioning . This new material would allow the user to feel almost 4ºC less … Read more
Graphene , a two-dimensional material made up of carbon atoms that are organized in hexagons, is called to be one of the materials of the future to obtain all kinds of wonders. However, if we feed a worm some graphene, we can also get something very interesting. What the worms do is start to manufacture, … Read more
A dense, three-dimensional circuit operating on a conventional type of logic that could, in theory, be packed into a block no larger than 50 nanometers on a side . This design for a nanoscale functional computing device has been developed by electrical and computer engineers at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). Thus the … Read more
The smallest magnifying glass in the world has broken the limit of light trapping, which has allowed us, for the first time in history, to contemplate the chemical bond between two atoms , according to a recent study published in the journal Science . The development of this device, called picocavity , has been carried … Read more
The blue tarantula ( Poecilotheria metallica ) has a very striking coloration, especially in the case of males (it is formed in the same way as the wings of a butterfly or the feathers of a peacock). Now a group of scientists has managed to replicate this unique color. The international group of scientists, led … Read more
An electrical wire as thin as three atoms thick and made up of diamond particles has just been developed by scientists at Stanford University and the SLAC accelerator. It can be used to create low-atom LEDs and small piezoelectric generators. The technique to create them takes advantage of the so-called van der Waals forces , … Read more
In order to develop more powerful computers and smarter robots, China has built Nano-X, the world’s largest multi-functional research facility for nanoscience and nanotechnology . The Vacuum Interconnected Nano-X Research Facility is located specifically in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Nano-X Nano-X has received initial funding of 320 million yuan (about 46.5 million US dollars), and will … Read more
This isthe first nanocar race in the world and will be held in a laboratory in Tolouse on April 28. The race, with cars that cannot be seen with the naked eye, will be organized by the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). In addition, the distance of the race will be only 100 nanometers … Read more
Conceived on a canvas made of DNA , researchers at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) have produced the smallest Mona Lisa in the world through an inexpensive method whereby DNA origami is assembled into large arrays with fully customizable patterns, creating a kind canvas that can display any image. Nanoart To make this curious adaptation … Read more
An inexpensive device for detecting lead levels in tap water is the milestone this 12-year-old girl has developed to earn the distinction of being America ‘s best young scientist . His name is Gitanjali Rao . Running water The device is made of carbon nanotubes that send the results of water measurements to the mobile … Read more
At Harvard, Shawn M. Douglas has also created a molecular-sized robot that delivers drugs to specific cells. It is just the tip of the iceberg, not for nothing nanotechnology is one of the fastest growing branches of science. In 2009, the global nanotechnology market had a turnover of 11,671 million euros. In 2001, double. Forecasts … Read more
A flag is much more than a piece of painted rag for many people. Flags, for some, are indelible marks on a sociological level . And they can also be icons to experiment with, both for their psychological influences, and even for addressing physical challenges. Like the creation of the smallest flag in the world … Read more
A nanometric house built on the face of an optical fiber has been assembled by a micro-robotics system developed by nano-robotics researchers from the Femto-ST Institute. Specifically, the tile roof of this house, the smallest in the world , shows the new ability of the Robotex nanofactory ion gun to focus on an area of … Read more
Scientists from India and the University of Swansea in the UK recently discovered that nanoparticles derived from ## tea leaves can inhibit and kill lung cancer cells. The find, like many of the best scientific discoveries, happened by accident. Tea leaves Once they came up with this finding, the team of scientists set out to … Read more
Communications could be faster thanks to the discovery of a new technology that has shown how electric fields increase the non-linear optical effects of graphene . The results have been published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology . Due to a physical phenomenon called generation of optical harmonics, which is characteristic of non-linear materials, graphene has … Read more
The video that you can see below, be it more or less spectacular, contains data to develop new and better energy conversion materials. And it is that in it we can see, at the atomic level and in real time , how nanoparticles are formed, monitoring the rearrangement of atoms in real time using transmission … Read more
Wearable or wearable devices such as activity monitors are a good example of the Internet of things, since things such as electronics, software, sensors and connectivity are mechanisms that allow objects to exchange information over the Internet with a manufacturer, operator or other connected devices. But more and more miniaturization is needed . A good … Read more
At the boundary between classical motion and the quantum tunneling effect, a team of researchers from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) and EPFL (Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne) have developed a molecular motor consisting of only 16 atoms ( 100,000 times finer than a hair) and turns reliably in one direction. … Read more
60 microns (one micron is equivalent to one thousandth of a millimeter) is the size of the origami bird that you can see in the following video , and which has been developed thanks to a new technique using new one-micron actuators with memory of shapes that allow atomically thin two-dimensional materials to fold into … Read more