China claims to develop world's smallest and most energy-efficient transistor

China claims to develop world's smallest and most energy-efficient transistor

• China claims to develop world’s smallest and most energy-efficient transistor Using advanced processing techniques, the researchers built a gate electrode just 1 nm big • Researc

Symbiotic bacteria in planthoppers break record for smallest non-organelle genome ever found

• Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. • A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicat

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 167 words
Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life

Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life

• Symbiotic bacteria live inside specialised organs called bacteriomes within insects. • This image shows a cross-section of the planthopperCallodictya krueperi, with fluorescent p

Science · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 271 words

World's smallest QR code, read via electron microscope, earns Guinness recognition

• Just how small can a QR code be? • Small enough that it can only be recognized with an electron microscope. • A research team at TU Wien, working together with the data storage t

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 145 words