Magnetic nanoparticles leap from lab bench to breast cancer clinical trials
Magnetic nanoparticles will be used for their first breast cancer clinical trial later this year.
Apr 30th, 2018
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Water-repellent surfaces can efficiently boil water, keep electronics cool
Surfaces that repel water can support efficient boiling if all air and vapor is removed from a system first.
Apr 30th, 2018
Read moreScientists create nanomaterials that reconfigure in response to biochemical signals
Researchers are developing self-assembling electronic nanomaterials that can respond to biochemical signals for potential therapeutic use.
Apr 30th, 2018
Read moreGeometry is key to T-cell triggering
Engineers discover geometric underpinnings of T-cell stimulation through precise engineering of T-cell receptor geometry, building a 3D nanofabricated biomimetic surface that simulates the key components of an antigen-presenting cell.
Apr 30th, 2018
Read moreScientists make tunable light-matter couplings in nanotube films
Researchers discover exceptional points in a unique material they created.
Apr 30th, 2018
Read moreStagediving with biomolecules improves optical microscopy
Physicists have developed a novel method for optical microscopy. Using biological motors and single quantum dots, they acquire ultra-high-resolution images.
Apr 30th, 2018
Read moreTopological insulator 'flips' for superconductivity
Topology meets superconductivity through innovative reverse-order sample preparation.
Apr 30th, 2018
Read moreNanoparticles developed to improve magnetic resonance scan images
Clinical use of these nanoparticles in MRI scans could facilitate the diagnosis of hepatic, pulmonary and cardiovascular pathologies, as well as many types of tumours.
Apr 30th, 2018
Read moreImproving mid-infrared imaging and sensing
Artificial optical materials could allow cheaper, flatter, more efficient detectors for night vision and other uses.
Apr 27th, 2018
Read moreScientists verify a way of how to improve resolution of most powerful microscopes
The resolution and intensity of powerful nanoscopes could be enhanced by over 30% via non-spherical particle lenses.
Apr 27th, 2018
Read moreNew all-inorganic perovskite solar cells tackle key challenges in solar cell technology: efficiency, stability, and cost
Scientists are using a new perovskite material that is stable, efficient and relatively cheap to produce, paving the way for their use in the solar cells of tomorrow.
Apr 27th, 2018
Read moreA new way to produce hydrogen with nanoparticles
The ground-breaking new research centres on the use of a revolutionary photo-electrode made from nanoparticles of the elements lanthanum, iron and oxygen.
Apr 27th, 2018
Read moreScientists create tiny, super-thin sheets of flowing water that shimmer like soap bubbles
The liquid sheets - less than 100 water molecules thick - will let researchers probe chemical, physical and biological processes, and even the nature of water itself, in a way they could never do before.
Apr 27th, 2018
Read moreDiscovery of new material is key step toward more powerful computing
Scientists have developed an inorganic compound that adopts a crystal structure capable of sustaining a new state of matter known as quantum spin liquid, an important advance toward quantum computing.
Apr 26th, 2018
Read moreMultifunctional bacterial microswimmer able to deliver cargo and destroy itself
The untethered biohybrid microswimmer is able to transport and deliver cargo encapsulated into a guidable red blood cell, while an attached bacterium, one of the most efficient swimmers in nature, acts as a propeller to move it forward. Once it has reached its destination and delivered its cargo, the scientists can destroy the microswimmer using infrared light.
Apr 26th, 2018
Read morePunching holes in graphene to boost hydrogen production
Researchers develop electrode based on 'holey' graphene for efficient hydrogen evolution in acidic electrolyte.
Apr 26th, 2018
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