The structure of ultra-white beetle scales could hold the key to making bright-white sustainable paint using recycled plastic waste, scientists have discovered.
Aug 29th, 2019
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Scientists reported a novel targeting strategy that allows deep tumor penetration of drug-loaded nanoparticles. They induced the linking of immune cell-targeting antibodies to drug-loaded nanoparticles on the cells, instead of taking them up in the cells or using antibody-nanoparticle conjugates.
Aug 29th, 2019
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A new study provides a several hundred-fold advance in stopping the release of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. This ground-breaking advance utilizes CO2 in producing carbon nanotubes which when, added to materials such as concrete or steel, forms composites with significantly better properties.
Aug 29th, 2019
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Scientists used chemical valence sensitive X-ray microscopy to measure the movement of lithium and the rate of phase separation in thousands of battery nanoparticles, in place and under operation, while in the battery chemical environment.
Aug 28th, 2019
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Known as a second-order memristor, the new device is based on hafnium oxide and offers prospects for designing analog neurocomputers imitating the way a biological brain learns.
Aug 28th, 2019
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With the development of self-healing glass, cracks in smartphone screens, scratches on eyeglasses and chips in car windshields may soon be a thing of the past.
Aug 28th, 2019
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Researchers have acjieved a breakthrough with transistors based on gallium oxide. The newly developed gallium oxide MOSFETs provide a high breakdown voltage combined with high current conductivity.
Aug 28th, 2019
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Using specially created nanofiber webs allows sunlight to decay the dyes safely, inexpensively and easily.
Aug 28th, 2019
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Researchers developed a breathalyzer device that can measure the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive compound in marijuana, in the user's breath.
Aug 27th, 2019
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Scientists tethered smaller particles in colloidal crystals to larger ones using DNA, allowing them to determine how the smaller particles filled in the regions surrounding the larger ones.
Aug 27th, 2019
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Bio-compatible gold nanoparticles designed to convert near-infrared light to heat have been shown to safely and effectively ablate low- to intermediate-grade tumors within the prostate.
Aug 27th, 2019
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The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics will be laser printed and made in minutes. That's the future imagined by the researchers behind new e-textile technology.
Aug 27th, 2019
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Researchers have created 'hybrid' organic-inorganic materials for transferring ultrasmall, high-aspect-ratio features into silicon for next-generation electronic devices.
Aug 27th, 2019
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Scientists have used nanoparticles to confer a movie-like superpower on ordinary mice: the ability to see near-infrared light. They report progress in making versions of these nanoparticles that could someday give built-in night vision to humans.
Aug 27th, 2019
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Scientists discovered a new quasiparticle named 'polaronic trion' in 2D material molybdenum disulphide. It could be used to design an optical modulator for visible light that is controlled by both temperature and electric fields.
Aug 27th, 2019
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Researchers examined whether these particles are potentially dangerous for the organism and how cells cope with them once they have been incorporated.
Aug 27th, 2019
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