This work offers insights into how enzymes are properly assembled, or folded, which could enhance our understanding of a range of diseases that result from these misfolded proteins.
Aug 23rd, 2017
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When hemoglobin undergoes just one mutation, these protein complexes stick to one another, stacking like Lego blocks to form long, stiff filaments. Could this assembly method be common, or even easy to reproduce?
Aug 23rd, 2017
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Researchers have fabricated highly deformable and stretchable conductors utilizing a Coil Flash Thermal Evaporation (CFTE) of gold nanoclusters that form robust thin metallic layers and maintain conductivity up to 200% on PDMS and 150% on textured rubber.
Aug 23rd, 2017
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Molecular dynamics simulations revealed a pulmonary surfactant corona coated on inhaled nanoparticles. This biomolecular corona determines the biological identity of the particles.
Aug 23rd, 2017
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They may be tiny and invisible, but the aerosol particles suspended in gases play a role in cloud formation and environmental pollution and can be detrimental to human health.
Aug 23rd, 2017
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The April nanorace was a huge success for scientists working at the nanoscale. It spurred interest in molecular machines and led to a surprising new discovery, reports the team that entered a nano-sized 'monster truck'.
Aug 23rd, 2017
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A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical analyses - powered only by the user?s touch - and reads out the color-coded test results, making it easy for non-experts to understand.
Aug 23rd, 2017
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With an all-silicon nanoantenna, researchers demonstrate optical trapping of quantum dots in microfluidic chamber for future biosensing applications.
Aug 22nd, 2017
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Researchers unveiled a new approach for printing luminescent structures based on nanoparticle ink. The unique optical properties of the ink were achieved by means of europium-doped zirconia.
Aug 22nd, 2017
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Multi-institution research team uses computation and experiment to understand how novel material properties form, leading to high-performance industrial uses.
Aug 22nd, 2017
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While investigating 'anti-aging therapy' of large stars, researchers conceptualized an ideal material that could store data for an exceptionally longer time than current short-lived devices, bringing new hints for future quantum memory technologies.
Aug 22nd, 2017
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Researchers found a new way to prepare 5�50 square-centimeter single-crystal graphene on industrial copper foils.
Aug 22nd, 2017
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The findings lay the groundwork for answering one of the most compelling questions in physics: How do correlated electron systems work, and are they related to one another?
Aug 22nd, 2017
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A nanolaser known as the spaser can serve as a super-bright, water-soluble, biocompatible probe capable of finding metastasized cancer cells in the blood stream and then killing these cells, according to a new research study.
Aug 22nd, 2017
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A team of physicists use a synchrotron radiation X-ray source to probe a so-called 'structure-less' transition and develop a new understanding of molecular conductors.
Aug 22nd, 2017
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Researchers have developed a packaging film coated with clay nanotubes packed with an antibacterial essential oil.
Aug 22nd, 2017
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