For a number of years now, an increasing number of synthetic nanoparticles have been manufactured and incorporated into various products, such as cosmetics. For the first time, a research project provides reliable findings on their presence in water bodies.
Aug 29th, 2016
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Researchers at the new Harvard-NIEHS Nanosafety Research Center at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are working to understand the unique properties of ENMs - both beneficial and harmful - and to ultimately establish safety standards for the field.
Aug 29th, 2016
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Researchers have found a way to speed and simplify the detection of proteins in blood and plasma opening up the potential for diagnosing the early presence of infectious diseases or cancer during a doctor's office visit. The new test takes about 10 minutes as opposed to two to four hours for current state-of-the-art tests.
Aug 29th, 2016
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Researchers describe the first all solid-state wavelength-dependent bipolar photodetectors with fast response times and tunable switching wavelengths.
Aug 29th, 2016
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Scientists have demonstrated a novel method of making high quality vertical nanowires with full control over their size, density and distribution over a semi-conducting substrate.
Aug 29th, 2016
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Researchers have created a new drug delivery system that could improve the effectiveness of an emerging concept in cancer treatment - to dramatically slow and control tumors on a long-term, sustained basis, not necessarily aiming for their complete elimination.
Aug 29th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a printing technique for forming electronic circuits and thin-film transistors (TFTs) with line width and line spacing both being 1 micron.
Aug 29th, 2016
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Cytocompatibility studies of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been carried out on cell cultures for the first time to test how well OLEDs are tolerated by cells.
Aug 29th, 2016
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Scientists have investigated how fast electrons can ultimately be controlled with electric fields. Their insights are of importance for the petahertz electronics of the future.
Aug 26th, 2016
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Researchers describe what may be the key to growing functional, natural collagen fibers outside of the body: symmetry.
Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreGreater control affords 'in-plane' transmission of waves at or near visible light.
Aug 25th, 2016
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The inventors of one of the most versatile tools in modern science - the atomic force microscope, or AFM - tell their story in an interview published online this week.
Aug 25th, 2016
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Scientists showed that the smallest structural change in the iron-rhodium alloys may result in a significant change in its magnetocaloric properties.
Aug 25th, 2016
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Researchers engineered protein-shelled nanostructures called gas vesicles - which reflect sound waves - to exhibit new properties useful for ultrasound technologies. In the future, these gas vesicles could be administered to a patient to visualize tissues of interest.
Aug 25th, 2016
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Researchers discovered a procedure to restore defective graphene oxide structures that cause the material to display low carrier mobility.
Aug 25th, 2016
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Scientists explain diverse results around a material that is both insulator and conductor and offer chemical roadmap to harness it.
Aug 25th, 2016
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