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Flexible electronic nanomembranes can advance organ-on-chip technology

Flexible electronic nanomembranes show promise for revolutionary organ-on-chip technologies, potentially reducing the need for animal testing in medical research.

May 31, 2023 Read more

Scientists report world's first X-ray of a single atom

Scientists can now detect exactly the type of a particular atom, one atom-at-a-time, and can simultaneously measure its chemical state.

May 31, 2023 Read more

The world's fastest electron microscope

RESEARCHERS have succeeded for the first time in filming the interactions of light and matter in an electron microscope with attosecond time resolution.

May 31, 2023 Read more

A nanocrystal shines on and off indefinitely

Scientists demonstrate that ultra-photostable avalanching nanoparticles are capable of unlimited photoswitching, lighting the way for advances in optical probes, 3D memory, and super-resolution microscopy.

May 31, 2023 Read more

Nanoparticles deliver brain cancer treatment

Scientists have developed a nanoparticle to take a chemotherapy drug into fast growing, aggressive brain tumours.

May 31, 2023 Read more

Flexible nanoelectrodes can provide fine-grained brain stimulation

Engineers have developed minimally invasive, ultraflexible nanoelectrodes that could serve as an implanted platform for administering long-term, high-resolution stimulation therapy.

May 30, 2023 Read more

The making of a Mona Lisa hologram

A deep learning algorithm and metasurface combine to recreate a high-resolution image of the famous portrait.

May 30, 2023 Read more

New research on molecular response to nanoparticles reveals power of nanoinformatics

Researchers have discovered a new response mechanism specific to exposure to nanoparticles that is common to multiple species. By analysing a large collection of datasets concerning the molecular response to nanomaterials, they have revealed an ancestral epigenetic mechanism of defence that explains how different species, from humans to simpler creatures, adapt to this type of exposure.

May 29, 2023 Read more

Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections

Researchers have developed a new way to rapidly and precisely eradicate fungal infections in the mouth by using nanorobots guided by magnets.

May 26, 2023 Read more

Protein-based nano-'computer' evolves in ability to influence cell behavior

Researchers have created the first protein-based nano-computing agent that functions as a circuit. The milestone puts them one step closer to developing next-generation cell-based therapies to treat diseases like diabetes and cancer.

May 26, 2023 Read more

Active Brownian particles have four distinct states of motion

Depending on the friction and external bias forces they experience, self-propelled Brownian particles will take on one of four possible states of motion. The discovery could help researchers to draw deeper insights into the behaviours of these unique systems in nature and technology.

May 26, 2023 Read more

Forging a dream material with semiconductor quantum dots

Researchers have succeeded in creating a superlattice of semiconductor quantum dots that can behave like a metal, potentially imparting exciting new properties to this popular class of materials.

May 26, 2023 Read more

Hybrid bound states in the continuum in terahertz metasurfaces

Scientists propose a more generalized approach to improve the overall quality factors and robustness of symmetry-protected bound states in the continuum.

May 26, 2023 Read more

Non-contact microsphere ultrafast laser nanopatterning technology

Researchers report an ultrafast laser processing technology based on non-contact microspheres, realizing smaller than 50 nm functional nano-patternings on the surface of phase change materials.

May 26, 2023 Read more

Artificial intelligence-assisted chiral nanophotonic designs

Researchers propose a chiral nanostructure design method based on reinforcement learning, which can find out metallic chiral nanostructures with a sharp peak in circular dichroism spectra and enhance the chiral detection signals. This work envisions the powerful roles of artificial intelligence in nanophotonic designs.

May 26, 2023 Read more

A celebration of artificial light sources

Exploring the human ingenuity, history, science and technology of all electrically powered light sources.

May 26, 2023 Read more