Scientists warn that the broad-spectrum antimicrobial effectiveness of silver is being put at risk by the widespread and inappropriate expansion of nanosilver use in medical and consumer goods.
Mar 31st, 2017
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Researchers have discovered a way to mass produce spiral semiconductors that can take that important, light-coiling step.
Mar 31st, 2017
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Now it's possible for anyone to see and share 3-D nanoscale imagery with a new open-source software platform.
Mar 31st, 2017
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Scientists describe a new molecular strategy to cross the outer barrier of cells.
Mar 31st, 2017
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An innovative new technique to produce the quickest, smallest, highest-capacity memories for flexible and transparent applications could pave the way for a future golden age of electronics.
Mar 31st, 2017
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An international group of scientists has unlocked the secret of a gold-based catalyst that is responsible for a new, environmentally friendly method of producing the vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) that is used to manufacture polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the world's third-most widely used plastic.
Mar 31st, 2017
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'Molecular activity painting' to control and monitor switch-like, light-controlled perturbations inside cells.
Mar 30th, 2017
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Scientists have discovered a group of materials which could pave the way for a new generation of high-efficiency lighting, solving a quandary which has inhibited the performance of display technology for decades.
Mar 30th, 2017
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A novel electron microscope pixel array detector (EMPAD) yields not just an image, but a wealth of information about the electrons that create the image and, from that, more about the structure of the sample.
Mar 30th, 2017
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These microcarriers may offer an entirely different approach to treating solid human tumors of numerous pathologic subtypes by delivering their encapsulated drug cargo to a tumor and protecting against collateral tissue damage.
Mar 30th, 2017
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Theory helps better understand and control microfabrication.
Mar 30th, 2017
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Researchers create tough material for next generation of powerful engines.
Mar 30th, 2017
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A new way to grow narrow ribbons of graphene, a lightweight and strong structure of single-atom-thick carbon atoms linked into hexagons, may address a shortcoming that has prevented the material from achieving its full potential in electronic applications.
Mar 30th, 2017
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Ceramic textiles, improved jet engine blades, 3-D printed ceramics and better batteries may soon become a reality, thanks to a recently patented polymer.
Mar 30th, 2017
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A recent upgrade to data acquisition and visualization software more than 20 years in the making enhances scientists' ability to observe and control individual atoms and molecular interactions.
Mar 30th, 2017
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Classical physics states that a crystal consists of perfectly ordered particles from a continuous symmetrical atomic structure. The Mermin-Wagner theorem from 1966 broke with this view: it states that in one-dimensional and two-dimensional atomic structures (for example in an atomic chain or membrane) there cannot be perfect ordering of particles over long ranges.
Mar 30th, 2017
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