nanotech

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

Zooming In

The nanoscale device revealed never-before seen compounds.

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

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

Brain Readers

Neuroscience/Brain Science

They say it could diagnose neurological disorders or allow for powerful brain-computer interfaces.

Scientists Create Injectable Swarm of Brain Reading Nanosensors

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

Glow Up

Cancer

Spotting tumors might become a whole lot simpler.

Cancer-Hunting Nanotech Makes Tumors Light Up

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

'Tis the Season

It's just a handful of atoms wide.

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

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

Don't Sneeze

"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."

Engineers Build Tweezers So Tiny They Can Pick Up Individual Molecules

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

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

MIT Researchers Create an Aerosol Spray Loaded With Nanobots

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

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

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

Scientists Have Miniaturized Imaging Tech

A cheaper way to make graphene.

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

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