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Visible light superlens made from nanobeads

New solid 3-D superlenses made from nanobeads extends magnification x5 to reveal new detail.

Aug 13th, 2016

Slicing through materials with a new X-ray imaging technique

Images reveal battery materials' chemical reactions in five dimensions - 3D space plus time and energy.

Aug 12th, 2016

Super-resolution 3-D microscopy images cells in unprecedented detail (w/video)

A new ultra-high resolution 'nanoscope' is capable of taking 3-D images of an entire cell and its cellular constituents in unprecedented detail, an advance that could reveal biological phenomena never before seen and bring new medical insights.

Aug 12th, 2016

See the light, get the data

A nanocrystalline material that rapidly makes white light out of blue light has been developed by researchers.

Aug 12th, 2016

Self-shading windows

New system can rapidly switch glass from transparent to dark - and keep it that way without power.

Aug 11th, 2016

Vortex rings may aid cell delivery, cell-free protein production

Researchers have stumbled upon a phenomenon that has the potential to greatly improve cell-free protein production and cell delivery, particularly for Type 1 diabetes patients.

Aug 11th, 2016

Quantum dots with impermeable shell: A powerful tool for nanoengineering

Researchers have shown that zinc oxide quantum dots prepared by an original method developed by them, after modification by the click reaction with the participation of copper ions, fully retain their ability to emit light.

Aug 11th, 2016

Watching molecular machines at work

Scientists have visualised a molecular machine called the APC/C. APC/C initiates chromosome segregation and it does this only after the mother cell has completed all other steps that are necessary for cell division.

Aug 11th, 2016

Scientists capture neon in an organic environment for the first time

Neon is well known for being the most unreactive element and is a key component in semiconductor manufacturing, but neon has never been studied within an organic or metal-organic framework until now.

Aug 10th, 2016

What makes the spin flip over?

For the first time, researchers formulate the Einstein-de-Haas effect for quantum magnets.

Aug 10th, 2016

A spoonful of fat makes the medicine go down

For years scientists and dieticians have argued over the health benefits of dietary fat. Research published this week, however, shows that piggybacking onto natural fat absorption pathways can dramatically enhance the utility of some drugs.

Aug 10th, 2016

Nanoparticle delivers cancer drugs to tumor blood vessels

In a set of studies in mice bearing human tumors, nanoparticles designed to bind to a protein called P-selectin successfully delivered both chemotherapy drugs and targeted therapies to tumor blood vessels.