From microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices, which miniaturized electrical components to the scale of micrometers (μm), engineers of the tiny only have one direction left to explore: smaller.

Ordinary mass spectrometers blast analytes into ionized fragments. But mass spectrometers that incorporate resonator-based detectors don’t blast anything. They keep analytes intact, potentially ...

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are devices with many practical applications, such as fast electronic switches, ultra-sensitive force, and mass sensors. Though these devices are typically made ...

Some people are never satisfied. First, nanotechnology researchers at Cornell University built a device so sensitive it could detect the mass of a single bacterium--about 665 femtograms. Then they ...

Caltech scientists have developed a method driven by machine learning that allows them to accurately measure the mass of individual particles and molecules using complex nanoscale devices. The new ...

Definition: NEMS (Nanoelectromechanical Systems) are smaller-scale versions of MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems), sharing similar functional integration of electrical and mechanical components but ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Tiny sensors are becoming ubiquitous in an increasing number of applications for smart mobile devices, automotive, healthcare and environmental monitoring. Recent advancements in ...

Ishikawa, Japan-- Quest for an ideal switching device for ultra-low power applications leads to an exploration of novel micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (M/NEMS) switches. This research has been ...

BALTIMORE — To hear leading experts on emerging chip technologies tell it, nanoelectromechanical systems, or NEMS, the smaller cousin of mainstream MEMS sensor technology, are underappreciated and ...