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Detection system reads biomolecules in barcoded microgels

A team of researchers set out to develop a simple, ultrasensitive fluorescence detection system of in-flow microRNAs that uses spectrally encoded microgels.

Dec 19th, 2016

A first demonstration of spintronics-based artificial intelligence

Scientists have developed an artificial neural network in which their recently-developed spintronic devices, comprising microscale magnetic material, are employed. The used spintronic device is capable of memorizing arbitral values between 0 and 1 in an analogue manner unlike the conventional magnetic devices, and thus perform the learning function, which is served by synapses in the brain.

Dec 19th, 2016

How to shield therapeutic nanoparticles from the immune system

A new study details how the immune system recognizes nanoparticles, potentially paving the way to counteract or avoid this detection.

Dec 19th, 2016

Nanotechnology-modified aerospace composites

Novel functionality including sensors, energy harvesting lighting and communication antennae will now be integrated into the structure of the composite material.

Dec 19th, 2016

Digital wallpaper means end for painting and decorating

Redecorating your living room could be as easy as pressing a button thanks to scientists who have created a new ceramic tile that can change colour, pattern, or play videos with one tap of your finger, radically changing the way we interact with buildings or public spaces, and taking us a step closer to instant camouflage.

Dec 19th, 2016

New platinum-based catalysts boost activity for key chemical reaction in fuel cells

Researchers have developed catalysts that can undergo 50,000 voltage cycles with a negligible decay in their catalytic activity and no apparent changes in their structure or elemental composition.

Dec 19th, 2016

Device for detecting subatomic-scale motion may aid robotics, security

Scientists have developed a new device that measures the motion of super-tiny particles traversing distances almost unimaginably small - shorter than the diameter of a hydrogen atom, or less than one-millionth the width of a human hair.

Dec 19th, 2016

World's smallest radio receiver has building blocks the size of 2 atoms (w/video)

Researchers have made the world's smallest radio receiver - built out of an assembly of atomic-scale defects in pink diamonds.

Dec 19th, 2016

Using doped graphene quantum dots to reduce carbon dioxide to fuel

Graphene quantum dots may offer a simple way to recycle waste carbon dioxide into valuable fuel rather than release it into the atmosphere or bury it underground.

Dec 19th, 2016

Fundamental solid state phenomenon unravelled

Universal behaviour detected in Mott metal-insulator transition.

Dec 16th, 2016

Physicists discover how electricity is conducted in a type of two-dimensional material

The discovery has the potential to revolutionise the development of the tiny electronic devices that control everything from smart phones to transport and from banking to medical technology.

Dec 16th, 2016

New graphene-based system could help us 'see' electrical signaling in heart and nerve cells

Scientists have enlisted the exotic properties of graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of carbon, to function like the film of an incredibly sensitive camera system in visually mapping tiny electric fields in a liquid.

Dec 16th, 2016

State of the art on graphene-based biosensors

Biosensing is growing on importance. Nanomaterials and, more specifically, graphene-based platforms have excellent properties for biosensing. Graphene-based biosensors will lead to breakthrough solutions for the real world, although their commercialization will imply diverse technical, production and market issues.