Fundamentals first, technology second | Nature Nanotechnology https://www.byteseu.com/1284096/ #General #MaterialsScience #nanotechnology #NanotechnologyAndMicroengineering #Technology
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The Law of Digital #Resurrection | Boston College Law Review
The digital right to be dead has yet to be recognized as an important legal right. #AI , augmented reality, and #nanotechnology have progressed to the point that personal data can be used to resurrect the #deceased in digital form with appearance, voice, emotion, and memory recreated to allow interaction with a digital app, #chat bot, or avatar that may be indistinguishable from that with a living person.
https://bclawreview.bc.edu/articles/10.70167/YOEQ2314
Boston College Law ReviewThe Law of Digital Resurrection | Boston College Law Review
https://www.europesays.com/2284254/ Kevin Roccapriore: The quantum leap of startup AtomQ #Data #Energy #engineering #Entrepreneurship #MaterialsScience #Nanotechnology #Newswise #OakRidgeNationalLaboratory #OakRidgeNationalLaboratory(ORNL);InnovationCrossroads;Quantum;QuantumComputing;Entrepreneur #QuantumMechanics #technology
Study uncovers how teeth hold key clues to childhood craniofacial disorders
Teeth may seem like static fixtures, but a new collaboration between engineers and clinicians is proving just how…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Genetics #children #Craniofacial #Dentin #Genetic #hospital #medicine #Nanotechnology #pediatrics #Research #Science #Spectroscopy #Teeth #Therapeutics #ToothEnamel
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/23855/
Unique molecule may lead to smaller, more efficient computers
Today, most of us carry a fairly powerful computer in our hand—a smartphone. But computers weren’t always so…
#NewsBeep #News #Computing #CA #Canada #chemistry #molecularelectronics #Nanotechnology #Physics #Technology
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/10291/
Megatrend #17 - Micro-Autonomous Systems: "Individually small, collectively revolutionary. Micro-swarms are silently building the intelligent and automated world of tomorrow." - Futurist Jim Carroll
(Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series on 30 Megatrends, which he first outlined in his book Dancing in the Rain: How Bold Leaders Grow Stronger in Stormy Times. The trends were shared in the book as a way of demonstrating that, despite any period of economic volatility, there is always long-term opportunity to be found. The book is now in print - learn more at dancing.jimcarroll.com)
The proliferation of specialized tiny robots and drones for specific functions is creating swarm-based solutions to complex problems across industries, from agriculture to infrastructure maintenance to healthcare. Imagine a series of automated drones checking utility infrastructure for faults—that is the new world we are building right now.
Let's call it "The Dawn of the Swarm". I could see some dramatic Star Wars-style theme music going with it!
What's it all about? Tiny robots and drones operating in coordinated swarms, creating intelligent solutions to complex problems across sectors:
Agriculture: Precision farming and crop monitoring
Healthcare: Targeted drug delivery and medical logistics
Infrastructure: Autonomous inspection and maintenance
The idea is inspired by the collective behavior of social insects and birds. Known as "swarm intelligence", it provides the foundational algorithm for decentralized coordination and insight. Each autonomous agent (a drone or robot) operates based on local information and simple rules, but together, these systems become complex, intelligent group behavior, and coordinated insight emerges as they work together.
A lot of this trend comes from the power of miniaturization. Researchers and engineers are pushing the boundaries of what's possible, developing increasingly smaller yet more capable autonomous systems
The proliferation of micro-autonomous systems is not just a technological trend; it is the dawn of a new era of intelligent, distributed, and swarm-based solutions that will reshape our world in the years to come.
Cue the Star Wars theme music!
#Materials #Science #Innovation #Programmable #Self-healing #Technology #Nanotechnology #Chemistry #Future #Advanced
https://www.europesays.com/us/70448/ Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect #general #MaterialsScience #Nanotechnology #NanotechnologyAndMicroengineering #OpticalMaterialsAndStructures #Physics #Science #TwoDimensionalMaterials #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US
https://www.europesays.com/uk/269240/ Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect #general #MaterialsScience #Nanotechnology #NanotechnologyAndMicroengineering #OpticalMaterialsAndStructures #Physics #Science #TwoDimensionalMaterials #UK #UnitedKingdom
𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟔 - 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 - "𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦." - Futurist Jim Carroll
(𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐽𝑖𝑚 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 30 𝑀𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝐵𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡 - 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔.𝑗𝑖𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝑚)
We are experiencing unprecedented innovation in physical materials, everything from self-healing surfaces to programmable matter. These new substances enable product capabilities that were previously impossible."
I previously covered this megatrend in my "Big Future" series, which I ran a few years ago - you'll find the whole series over at - where else! - bigfuture.jimcarroll.com.
One of the trends I covered in that series involved "new materials science," and there is a lengthy blog post worth exploring.
To get a sense of this megatrend, read what I wrote back then:
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We all use materials. We never really think about it too much, though: the science behind their discovery, the acceleration of that science, and what it leads to in terms of new opportunities. That’s what this post is about.
Why is it important? Virtually every single industry, new product discovery, and invention is the result of materials science.
What's fascinating is how, within this trend, a field of 'self-healing surfaces' and 'programmable matter' is coming about. Let's dig in! As always, there's a PDF of the full report right here.
https://pdf.jimcarroll.com/Megatrend16-MaterialScience.pdf
**#Materials** **#Science** **#Innovation** **#Programmable** **#Self**-healing **#Technology** **#Nanotechnology** **#Chemistry** **#Future** **#Advanced**
https://www.europesays.com/us/44396/ Exploiting strained epitaxial germanium for scaling low-noise spin qubits at the micrometre scale #Biomaterials #CondensedMatterPhysics #general #MaterialsScience #Nanotechnology #OpticalAndElectronicMaterials #Physics #QuantumDots #QuantumInformation #Science #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US
Design, fabrication & optical characterization of a low-cost #OpenSource #SpinCoater:
- #microfluidics & lab-on-a-chip device fabrication
- based on an old hard drive
- #Arduino-controlled
- cost: $30
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00013
#DIYbio #DIYchem #lab #instruments #nanotechnology #thinfilm #LoC #PDMS #chemistry
UK Faces Escalating Heatwave Risks: Climate Change Drives Extreme Weather and Economic Challenges https://www.timesofupdate.com/uk-faces-escalating-heatwave-risks-climate-change-drives-extreme-weather-and-economic-challenges/ The United Kingdom is grappling with a stark reality: climate change is intensifying the frequency and severity of heatwaves, with potentially profound implications for the economy, public health, and infrastructure. A June 2025 study by the UK… #Materials #Nanotechnology #PhysicalNews #Physics #science #ScienceNews #TechnologicalNews #technology
Can a digital portal make nano risk governance easier for everyone—from SMEs to regulators?
A Nano Risk Governance Portal supporting risk governance of nanomaterials and nano-enabled products. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.06.024
CSBJ Nanoscience and Advanced Materials: https://www.csbj.org/nano
'Growth and yield performance of drought-stressed soybean ( Glycine max L.) treated with neem-mediated silver nanoparticles' - an article in the @EDPSciences UN #SDGs #Research collection on #ScienceOpen:
https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=be176bb6-5a57-452e-9649-a1873e0cbdcc
ScienceOpenGrowth and yield performance of drought-stressed soybean ( <i>Glycine max</i> L.) treated with neem-mediated silver nanoparticles<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d9219553e162">The utilization of nanotechnology in agriculture has demonstrated significant potential,
particularly in enhancing crop resilience to environmental stress. This study investigated
the effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in seed treatment on soybean performance
under drought conditions. The study used a factorial CRD with four replicates. The
experimental factors included seed treatments (control, AgNP priming, and AgNP coating)
and drought stress levels represented by the field water capacity (FWC) of 80%, 60%,
and 40%. The results demonstrated that seed treatment with AgNPs significantly increased
plant growth in AgNP coatings based on plant height but did not significantly increase
all soybean yield variables. FWC of 40-60% showed severe and moderate stress effects
on soybean, which significantly decreased the leaf number but increased the leaf green
index. In conclusion, AgNP seed treatment had a limited effect on soybean production
but could be a potential approach to enhance drought tolerance.
</p>
Phys.org · Nanoneedle patch offers painless alternative to traditional cancer biopsies
New #nanotechnology entry for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "gray goo", which I've been sitting on for years because of bibliographical issues.
https://sfdictionary.com/view/2591/gray-goo
(Basically, this is always credited to K. Eric Drexler's _Engines of Creation_, but it was used early by a journalist who was embedded in Drexler's group at MIT.)
sfdictionary.comHistorical Dictionary of Science Fiction: gray gooHistorical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Does anyone feel like they need the world's smallest violin? Loughborough University in the U.K. can help with that. Physicists there used nanotechnology to create an image of a fiddle that is smaller than the width of a human hair. To do it, the team used a small chip, onto which the design was etched using a machine called a NanoFrazor. Prof. Kelly Morrison, head of the university's physics department, says this work will help with research into everything from the efficiency of computers to new ways of harvesting energy. Here's more from @BBCNews.
flip.itScientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
https://www.europesays.com/uk/157132/ Scientists steer single atoms on magnetic surfaces for first time #Atoms #Data #Germany #Innovation #magnet #movement #Nanotechnology #Physics #Research #Science #study #UK #UnitedKingdom
Scientists have found a way to 'tattoo' tardigrades
... I think there will be a lot of competition for Ig Nobels this year
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-scientists-tattoo-tardigrades.html
phys.orgScientists have found a way to 'tattoo' tardigradesIf you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: freezing temperatures, near starvation, high pressure, radiation exposure, outer space and more. Researchers reporting in the journal Nano Letters took advantage of the tardigrade's nearly indestructible nature and gave the critters tiny "tattoos" to test a microfabrication technique to build microscopic, biocompatible devices.