Scientists have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy... read more
Posts Tagged: nature nanotechnology
In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a... read more
Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for tracking structures called carbon nanotubes in living... read more
Using carbon nanotubes bent to act as springs, Stanford researchers have developed a stretchable, transparent... read more
The discovery of a fundamental, previously unknown property of microbial nanowires in the bacterium Geobacter... read more
Solar cells need to be made from inexpensive elements using low-cost, less energy-intensive processing chemistry,... read more
Researchers use lasers to write supercapacitors on sheets of graphite oxide... read more
A University of Pittsburgh-led team has created a single-electron transistor that provides a building block... read more
Smaller and more energy-efficient electronic chips could be made using molybdenite. In an article appearing... read more
Everybody who's ever used a TV, radio or cell phone knows what an antenna does:... read more
Scientists have discovered a way of mimicking the stunningly bright and beautiful colours found on... read more
When most of us hear the word 'defect', we think of a problem that has... read more