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A new molecule-sized "camera" helps scientists watch individual chemical reactions in real-time, and they say it could lead to better solar panels.

Scientists Build Molecule-Sized “Camera” To Watch Chemical Reactions in Real-Time

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists built a nanobot swarm that can read and transmit your brain activity, allowing them to wirelessly diagnose disease or analyze neural signals.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Create Injectable Swarm of Brain Reading Nanosensors

By Dan Robitzski

Nanoprobes called bioharmonophores can seek out and bind to cancer cells, making them glow brightly under medical scanners.

Cancer-Hunting Nanotech Makes Tumors Light Up

By Dan Robitzski

A physics student used a scanning tunneling microscope to built a "Christmas tree" that's barely thicker than a DNA strand.

Science & Energy

World’s Tiniest “Christmas Tree” Is Barely Thicker Than a DNA Strand

By Dan Robitzski

New optical tweezers can pick up objects as small as ten nanometers, potentially improving the way biologists investigate molecules.

Engineers Build Tweezers So Tiny They Can Pick Up Individual Molecules

By Dan Robitzski

MIT researchers have created nanobots that can travel via an aerosol spray, potentially opening up a new field in robotics.

MIT Researchers Create an Aerosol Spray Loaded With Nanobots

By Kristin Houser

“Brain-on-a-Chip” Devices Are Changing How We Study the Brain

“Brain-on-a-Chip” Devices Are Changing How We Study the Brain

Scientists Have Miniaturized Imaging Tech

Science & Energy

Scientists Have Miniaturized Imaging Tech

New Artificial Protein Makes it Possible to Manipulate Matter

Robots and Machines

New Artificial Protein Makes it Possible to Manipulate Matter

By Todd Jaquith

First Direct Proof of Stable Carbyne, The World’s Strongest Material

Robots and Machines

First Direct Proof of Stable Carbyne, The World’s Strongest Material

By Kathleen Riley

We Can Now Target Diseases by Mimicking Blood Vessels

Robots and Machines

We Can Now Target Diseases by Mimicking Blood Vessels

By Kathleen Riley

Scientists Discovered How to Make Nanotubes That Assemble Themselves

Scientists Discovered How to Make Nanotubes That Assemble Themselves

By Jelor Gallego

This Nanofiber Sensor Sniffs Disease Markers in Your Breath

This Nanofiber Sensor Sniffs Disease Markers in Your Breath

By Todd Jaquith

Thanks to NASA, We Can Now Use Plasma to Print Nanoelectronics

Thanks to NASA, We Can Now Use Plasma to Print Nanoelectronics

By Todd Jaquith

Memory That Lasts Forever: New Quartz Coin Can Store 360TB of Data for 14 Billion Years

Robots and Machines

Memory That Lasts Forever: New Quartz Coin Can Store 360TB of Data for 14 Billion Years

By Sarah Marquart

Meet the Optical Switch That is Just a Single Atom Thick

Meet the Optical Switch That is Just a Single Atom Thick

By Sarah Marquart