Articles tagged with "Nanotechnology"

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New conducting sheets hint at smaller electronics

June 19, 2017
Smaller electronic devices could be possible after scientists discover a new way to create extremely thin and reconfigurable electrical conducting sheets.

Using chemistry to get knotted

May 18, 2017
Chemists at the University of Manchester have managed to tie a rather unusual knot – in fact it is the most complex molecular knot ever made. Professor David Leigh tells...

Flexible superconductor developed

May 2, 2017
Experimental physicists in Germany have developed an ultrathin, flexible nanomaterial with superconducting properties.

Ready for a fully energised lecture?

December 12, 2016
The Christmas Lectures have been a key part of the Royal Institution’s science outreach since 1825. Following in the footsteps of scientists such as Faraday, Sagan and Dawkins, Professor Saiful...

Nanocars driven by UV light

November 29, 2016
An international collaboration has seen scientists control single molecule ‘nanoroadsters’ with light and also observe, for the first time, how they move.Alongside experimental physicists in Austria, the scientists were able...

It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it…

October 13, 2016
After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE on the strange world of quantum biology

World’s smallest machines scoop Chemistry Nobel

October 5, 2016
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for their design and production of molecular machines.The collective work of Sauvage (University of Strasbourg,...

Nanoparticles

August 15, 2016
Transmission electron microscopy image showing self-assembled diblock copolymer nanoparticles.

Nanoparticle offers hope for future cancer treatment

July 25, 2016
A ‘smart’, biodegradeable nanoparticle has been created that can be used to target and treat tumours.

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