Nanotechnology
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New advanced manufacturing techniques, such as nanomanufacturing, are helping scientists create metamaterials that have new, previously unseen properties which pave…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Drones are seen by many military and terrorist organisations around the world as the new weapons platform of choice and…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Neurons play a crucial role in helping ensure our bodies run smoothly, but when they’re damaged, or degrade there can…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A chemical computer, one that doesn’t use electrical signals to communicate, means that we now, potentially, have a way to…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nanoscale computers could work inside, or outside the body to help control, direct and interact with other atomic, molecular or…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Berkeley Lab breakthrough might help to reboot Moores Law. Transistor size is an important part of improving the price-performance of…
In a world first scientists have helped a paralyzed man experience the sense of touch in his mind-controlled robotic arm The cutting edge experiment, a collaboration…
Sadly ANU’s new everything-phobic spray won’t keep children clean but everything else is game If you have not been able to bag an iPhone 7…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mind controlled DNA nanobots, next generation medicine delivery and glowing cockroaches what’s not to like… It sounds like sci…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Researchers have re-created Supermans Memory Crystals – storage devices that can last billions of years. Researchers at the University of…
Worried that AI’s one day could make us their pets Elon Musk is teasing a new brain-hacking tech There’s no doubting that Elon Musk is…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Carbon nanotube transistors finally out perform their traditional silicon counterparts. The computing industry has long seen carbon nanotube transistors as…
