Researchers designed 'two-faced' spherical particles to perform the task. One face is made with magnesium, which reacts with water to produce hydrogen bubbles to propel the microbots. The other face is made out of alternating iron and gold layers topped by silver nanoparticles.
Jun 28th, 2017
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The world's lightest 3-D printed structure is so lightweight that it can be placed on top of a cotton ball or the petals of a flower.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Scientists are investigating how to tailor drug therapies using exosomes - nanoscale sacs full of biomarkers like lipids, proteins and nucleic acids found in bodily fluids - that can be used to achieve a noninvasive 'liquid biopsy'.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Tracking movements of individual particles provides understanding of collective motions, synchronization and self-assembly.
Jun 28th, 2017
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A international team of researchers has discovered magnetic vortex-antivortex pairs arising from correlated electron spins in a newly engineered trilayer material. The discovery could advance memory cells and points to the potential development of 3-D magnetic logic circuits.
Jun 28th, 2017
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New research suggests co-administration with chemotherapy drugs most effective strategy.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Physicists have demonstrated the deterministic generation of entangled photon states using a single semiconductor quantum dot, and could thereby outperform fundamental sensitivity boundaries, unattainable with classical light.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Focus on the development of drug carriers from polymer chemicals for use in biological systems.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Researchers have demonstrated how to remove from and add elementary charges to a nanosphere that can be used for measuring extremely weak forces.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Scientists have fabricated a durable catalyst for high-performance fuel cells by attaching single ruthenium atoms to graphene.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Scientists have developed an artificial synapse capable of simulating a fundamental function of our nervous system - the release of inhibitory and stimulatory signals from the same 'pre-synaptic' terminal.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Researchers have found a way to create and clean tiny mechanical sensors in a scalable manner. They created these sensors by suspending a two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron nitride over small holes in a silicon substrate.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Controlled rupturing of thin films can make low-cost nanopatterned arrays for solar cells and biomolecular detection.
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Better understanding the principles of silicon etching leads to improved surface patterning.
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Superalloys are the wonder materials of metallurgy. By fine-tuning their composition, scientists can increase mechanical strength and improve resistance to corrosion and high-temperature shape changes.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Bottom-up synthesis of tunable carbon nanoribbons provides a new route to enhance industrial, automotive reactions.
Jun 27th, 2017
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