Doping carbon-nanotube circuits for more reliable, faster, and power-efficient flexible devices
Stanford engineers invent a process to “dope” carbon filaments to improve their electronic performance, paving the way to better bendable digital devices
Largest, sturdiest self-assembling DNA cages built
Could be used to create miniscule factories that produce specialty chemicals or high-sensitivity photonic sensors that diagnose disease
Nanobionic superplants
Nanotechnology + synthetic biology creates plants capable of supercharged energy production or as sensors for explosives.
First direct evidence of cosmic inflation
Telescope at the South Pole finds twists in microwave-light remnants from the Big Bang, showing evidence for inflation and gravitational waves
Are three-person designer babies ethical?
The Hastings Center asks how should parents determine what sort of child they have?
Neuroscape Lab visualizes live brain functions using dramatic images
Repurposing fitness and game technologies into targeted brain therapies
