Microscopic particles are being coaxed by engineers to assemble themselves into larger crystalline structures by the use of varying concentrations of microscopic particles and magnetic fields.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Civilization as we know it would, literally, fall apart without techniques to join materials together. With its historic development tracing back to the Bronze Age, welding has ...

Being able to engineer multifunctional cytoskeletons for synthetic cells would bring bring us closer toward the audacious vision of engineering life from the bottom up. Towards that goal researchers ...

Once a Sci-Fi novelty, transparent displays are exiting the sets of Blade Runner and swiftly becoming a feature of reality. Credit: NextGen Nano Bottom-emitting Transparent Organic ...

Top down fabrication can be likened to sculpting from a block of stone. A piece of the base material is gradually eroded until the desired shape is achieved. That is, you start at the top of the blank ...