Category Technology/Electronics

In a step toward molecular storage systems that could hold vast amounts of data in tiny spaces, researchers have shown it’s possible to store image files in solutions of common biological small molecules.

DNA molecules are well known as carriers of huge amounts of biological information, and there is growing interest in using DNA in engineered data storage devices that can hold vastly more data than our current hard drives. But new research shows that DNA isn’t the only game in town when it comes to molecular data storage.

A study led by Brown University researchers shows that it’s possible to s...

Machine enhanced humans – or cyborgs as they are known in science fiction – could be one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research Lieber Group at Harvard University, as well as scientists from University of Surrey and Yonsei University.

Researchers have conquered the monumental task of manufacturing scalable nanoprobe arrays small enough to record the inner workings of human cardiac cells and primary neurons.

The ability to read electrical activities from cells is the foundation of many biomedical procedures, such as ...

Mobile motor could pave the way for robots to assemble complex structures – including other robots. Researchers have assembled microrobots from a small set of standardized components, as a step toward self-replicating systems. Years ago, MIT Professor Neil Gershenfeld had an audacious thought...

Scientists have discovered that terahertz light – light at trillions of cycles per second – can act as a control knob to accelerate supercurrents. That can help open up the quantum world of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales to practical applications such as ultrafast computing.

Jigang Wang patiently explained his latest discovery in quantum control that could lead to superfast computing based on quantum mechanics: He mentioned light-induced superconductivity without energy gap...