Photo-induced force microscopy began as a concept in the mind of Kumar Wickramasinghe when he was employed by IBM in the ...

A new silicon material switches from insulator to metal in picoseconds. This breakthrough could speed up future computers.

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual element combining to become, for 40 years, the world's tallest building.

Key points Quantum science is helping develop new technologies that have the potential to solve some of the world's greatest ...

Ultra-fast, in-line atomic force microscope (AFM), the Metron®3D, goes online for advanced DRAM manufacturing at SK hynix in KoreaThe Metron®3D is able to generate images at speeds 10× that of a ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

The team says they are planting billions of these minuscule “seeds” – or nanoparticles – on a tiny plot. These seeds are essential for growing what are called carbon nanotubes, which are way smaller, ...

Imagine your phone or computer lasting much longer on a single charge, storing more data, and running more smoothly. Thanks ...

How a DNA 3D printer could revolutionize nanochip design, enabling optical computing, cheaper microchips, and eco-friendly fabrication.

AWS’ current-generation AI training chip, Trainium2, provides 1.29 petaflops of performance when processing FP8 floating point numbers. Those are data units that neural networks commonly use to ...