Nanotechnology

This Low-Cost, Graphene Device Could Help Monitor a Baby’s Health

Physicists have developed a graphene-based liquid that can sense tiny changes in breathing and heart rate

February 22, 2018

How Flowers Manipulate Light to Send Secret Signals to Bees

Come-hither blue haloes are just one of the effects employed by nature’s first nanotechnologists

October 19, 2017

Future of Energy

Flexible Batteries May Soon Be Printed Right On Your Clothes

Graphene supercapacitors, printed directly on textiles, could power medical devices, wearable computers, even phone-charging shirts

August 31, 2017

When Cutting-Edge Science Meets Science Fiction, It Packs the House

At Future Con, fans of sci-fi, fantasy and comics met the researchers and engineers who are bringing their stories to life

June 20, 2017

New Electronic Labels Could Alert You When Your Milk Spoils

New 2D printed electronics made of the nanomaterial graphene could be used in newspapers, self-updating price tags and more

April 17, 2017

Trending Today

There’s a New World’s Blackest Black

And it’s really black

March 31, 2017

Cool Finds

Nanocars Will Race Across (a Very, Very Tiny Bit of) France

Ladies and gentlemen, start your molecules

March 31, 2017

Cool Finds

This Necklace Contains All of the World’s Languages

Because cultural preservation never goes out of fashion

January 23, 2017

New Research

Scientists Find That Water Might Exist in a Whole New State

Think water comes in just liquid, ice and gas? Think again

December 22, 2016

The Innovative Spirit fy17

Silicon Valley Owes Its Success To This Tech Genius You’ve Never Heard Of

Robert Noyce was one of the founders of Silicon Valley

December 12, 2016

New Research

Spinach: The Superfood That Could Help Detect Bombs

Now more than Popeye’s favorite food, carbon nanotubes are turning the leafy green into a bomb detector

November 1, 2016

These Sea Creatures Have a Secret Superpower: Invisibility Cloaks

Scientists have found that some crustaceans have just the trick for hiding from predators

October 27, 2016

Future of Energy

Scientists Stumble on a New Way to Tackle Carbon Emissions: Turn It Into Alcohol

A surprising new use for nanotechnology essentially reverses combustion

October 21, 2016

New Research

Feeding Silkworms Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Makes Super-Tough Silk

A diet rich in graphene or carbon nanotubes causes the creatures to produce a fiber twice as strong as normal silk

October 13, 2016

Trending Today

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Big Advancements in Ultra-Tiny Machines

The winning trio created the building blocks of nanomachines that have the potential to revolutionize many fields of science and industry

October 5, 2016

Future of Energy

Did Scientists Stumble on a Battery that Lasts Forever?

Researchers studying nanowires have found a battery material that can be recharged for years, even decades

May 2, 2016

Trending Today

One Artist Has a Monopoly on the World’s Blackest Black Pigment

Artists are up in arms over Anish Kapoor’s exclusive rights to “vantablack”

March 2, 2016

This Powerful Metal Glue Sets at Room Temperature

MesoGlue uses nanorod technology to fuse items together without heat, potentially replacing soldering

January 15, 2016

New Research

Incandescent Light Bulbs May Have a Bright Future After All

Nanotechnology could turn the inefficient bulbs’ weakness into a strength

January 12, 2016

New Research

A New Rose Is Part Plant, Part Color-Changing Machine

Innovation has never looked so pretty

November 24, 2015