It loops, folds, sticks to itself, and contorts into shapes as intricate as a smiley face—all within the confines of a region one-thousandth the diameter of a human cell.
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News from the NNI Community - Research Advances Funded by Agencies Participating in the NNI
(Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is advancing technology that could use large amounts of nanoscale materials to launch lighter rockets and spacecraft than ever before. The Super-lightweight Aerospace Composites (SAC) project seeks to scale up the manufacturing and use of high-strength carbon nanotube composite materials.
(Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is advancing technology that could use large amounts of nanoscale materials to launch lighter rockets and spacecraft than ever before. The Super-lightweight Aerospace Composites (SAC) project seeks to scale up the manufacturing and use of high-strength carbon nanotube composite materials.
(Funded by the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research)
Researchers have devised a system that could let tiny cameras detect where light is coming from without using a large lens.
(Funded by the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research)
Researchers have devised a system that could let tiny cameras detect where light is coming from without using a large lens.
(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)
Physicists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered a new way to control magnets at the nanometer scale by electric current.
(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)
Physicists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered a new way to control magnets at the nanometer scale by electric current.
(Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation)
Researchers have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells and tissue without organic dyes. The probe relies on compact quantum dots to illuminate molecules and diseased cells rather than fluorescent dyes.
(Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation)
Researchers have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells and tissue without organic dyes. The probe relies on compact quantum dots to illuminate molecules and diseased cells rather than fluorescent dyes.
(Funded by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research)
Researchers have made tellurium, a rare metal, into a film less than a nanometer thick. The resulting material, tellurene, shows promise for next-generation, near-infrared solar cells, and other optoelectronic applications that rely on the manipulation of light.
