The entire thing is just four nanometers tall.

World's tiniest "Christmas tree" is barely thicker than a DNA strand

'Tis the Season

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

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

It's just a handful of atoms wide.

Engineers build tweezers so tiny they can pick up individual molecules

Don't Sneeze

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

"The ability to trap and manipulate such small objects gives us the ability to understand the way our DNA and other biological molecules behave in great detail."

These bots could one day travel through your body.

MIT researchers create an aerosol spray loaded with nanobots

Robots & Machines

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

We could be witnessing the birth of a new field in robotics.

The device can show how communication changes over time when exposed to chemicals over the long term.

"Brain-on-a-chip" devices are changing how we study the brain

Health & Medicine

Researchers developed a brain-on-a-chip device that can show how the brain reacts to chemical exposure over the long term.

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

The devices could one day eliminate the need for animal — and even human — test subjects. 

Hard Science

Current x-ray technology exposes patients to harmful radiation and is extremely costly, advances in imaging technology like this could improve imaging

Scientists Have Miniaturized Imaging Tech

Your next X-ray could be cheaper and better thanks to these tiny chips.

Researchers have discovered a way to make soybean oil into the super-strong material graphene. The material has a wide variety of potential uses and can revolutionize electronics.
The material could be used to make cell phone batteries last 25 percent longer, make more effective solar cells, and even filter fuel out of air.

Scientists Have Turned Cooking Oil Into a Material 200 Times Stronger Than Steel

A cheaper way to make graphene.

Researchers have used an artificial protein to assemble a buckyball molecule—opening the door to new methods of nano-engineering.

New Artificial Protein Makes it Possible to Manipulate Matter

A protein is capable of assembling “buckyballs”—60 carbon atom spheroidal molecules.

Scientists have managed to develop a novel method to grow stable, ultra-long 1D carbon chains of a material that is twice as strong as carbon nanotubes and far stronger than diamonds.

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

It's 40 times stronger than diamond, and it may be our next "miracle" material?

Future Society

As of April 6, 2016, UK law requires all dogs that are eight weeks old or older to have microchip implants. Microchips will address "reckless" ownership, as well as save taxpayers' cash that would otherwise be used to look after strays. 

New Law Requires all Dogs in the UK to be Microchipped

Here's what you need to know about the new law.

Drug testing costs between $50 and $115 million per drug tested. This new method may be able to dramatically reduce those costs. 

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