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Making high quality vertical nanowires with full control over their size, density and distribution
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.
Posted: Aug 29th, 2016
Read moreImportant advance made with new approach to 'control' cancer, not eliminate it
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.
Posted: Aug 29th, 2016
Read moreElectronic circuits printed at 1 micron resolution
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.
Posted: Aug 29th, 2016
Read moreCell-compatible OLEDs for use with patients
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.
Posted: Aug 29th, 2016
Read moreElectrons at the speed limit
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.
Posted: Aug 26th, 2016
Read moreSymmetry crucial for building key biomaterial collagen in the lab
Researchers describe what may be the key to growing functional, natural collagen fibers outside of the body: symmetry.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreA nanoscale wireless communication system via plasmonic antennas
Greater control affords 'in-plane' transmission of waves at or near visible light.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreForces of nature: Interview with microscopy innovators Gerd Binnig and Christoph Gerber
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.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read morePhysicists discovered new peculiarities of a material with a giant magnetocaloric effect
Scientists showed that the smallest structural change in the iron-rhodium alloys may result in a significant change in its magnetocaloric properties.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreDesigning ultrasound protein tools with molecular engineering
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.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreA promising route to the scalable production of highly crystalline graphene films
Researchers discovered a procedure to restore defective graphene oxide structures that cause the material to display low carrier mobility.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreDefects, electrons, and a long-standing controversy
Scientists explain diverse results around a material that is both insulator and conductor and offer chemical roadmap to harness it.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreArtificial retinas: promising leads towards clearer vision
Scientists were able to improve the properties of the interface between the prosthesis and retina, with the help of specialists in interface physics.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreNanovesicles in predictable shapes
Beads, disks, bowls and rods: scientists have demonstrated the first methodological approach to control the shapes of nanovesicles. This opens doors for the use of nanovesicles in biomedical applications, such as drug delivery in the body.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreGraphene under pressure
Small balloons made from one-atom-thick material graphene can withstand enormous pressures, much higher than those at the bottom of the deepest ocean, scientists report.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2016
Read moreBio-inspired tire design: Where the rubber meets the road (w/video)
Researchers develop materials with surface architectures - inspired by surfaces on feet of grasshoppers or frogs - that could improve the safety and reliability of tires.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2016
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