Better biosensors on edge
Inscribing porous, carbonized patterns into a polymer creates sensitive electrodes that detect biological molecules.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Lipid nanoparticles for gene therapy
A new review article describes these systems and their main advantages in gene therapy, such as their capacity to protect the gene material against degradation, to facilitate cell and nucleus internalisation and to boost the transfection process.
Feb 14th, 2017
Read moreMeasuring entropy on a single molecule
New research shows that a scanning-tunneling microscope, used to study changes in the shape of a single molecule at the atomic scale, impacts the ability of that molecule to make these changes.
Feb 14th, 2017
Read moreNew study of ferroelectrics offers roadmap to multivalued logic for neuromorphic computing
New research lays out a theoretical map to use ferroelectric material to process information using multivalued logic - a leap beyond the simple ones and zeroes that make up our current computing systems that could let us process information much more efficiently.
Feb 14th, 2017
Read moreTiny magnetic implant offers new drug delivery method
Researchers have developed a magnetic drug implant that could offer an alternative for patients struggling with numerous pills or intravenous injections.
Feb 14th, 2017
Read moreControlling electron spin for efficient water splitting
Scientists have succeeded in almost fully suppressing the production of hydrogen peroxide by controlling the spin of electrons in the reaction.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreNanofabricated devices detect ultrasound with light
A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors from biomedicine to geology.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreGraphene foam gets big and tough
Nanotube-reinforced material can be shaped, is highly conductive.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreLuminescence switchable carbon nanodots follow intracellular trafficking and drug delivery
Carbon nanodots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of drug delivery involving various optical and vibrational spectroscopic-based techniques such as fluorescence, Raman, and hyperspectral imaging.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreNew mechanical metamaterials can block symmetry of motion, findings suggest
Engineers have invented the first mechanical metamaterials that easily transfer motion effortlessly in one direction while blocking it in the other.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreA new platform to study graphene's electronic properties
Physicists used a model to explain the electronic structure of graphene measured by a new spectroscopic platform. These techniques could promote future research on stable and accurate quantum measurements for new 2D electronics.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreOrgano-metal compound seen killing cancer cells from inside
Researchers have witnessed - for the first time --cancer cells being targeted and destroyed from the inside by an organo-metal compound.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreNew organic-inorganic hybrid material may be the future for more efficient technologies
An organic-inorganic hybrid material may be the future for more efficient technologies that can generate electricity from either light or heat or devices that emit light from electricity.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreControlling friction levels through on/off application of laser light
Researchers have discovered that the amount of friction force between organic molecules and a sapphire substrate in a vacuum can be changed repeatedly by starting and stopping laser light irradiation.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreNew drive for nanorobots in biological fluids
Miniaturized robots can be propelled through biological fluids by an enzymatic reaction or ultrasound.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreCreating computers that use 10,000 times less energy
Imagine patterning and visualizing silicon at the atomic level, something which, if done successfully, will revolutionize the quantum and classical computing industry.
Feb 13th, 2017
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