Chemists have devised a method using DNA-based tension probes to zoom in at the molecular level and measure and map how cells mechanically sense their environments, migrate and adhere to things.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2014
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In a significant breakthrough, scientists have succeeded in creating a large metamateria that is essentially isotropic, using a type of metamaterial element called a split-ring resonator.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2014
Read moreScientists developed a completely new way of forming charged molecules which offers tremendous potential for new areas of chemical research.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2014
Read moreChemists have found a new way to make nanostructured carbon using the waste product sawdust.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2014
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Scientists will receive about $1.25 million from the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space to develop an implantable device that delivers therapeutic drugs at a rate guided by remote control. The device's effectiveness will be tested aboard the International Space Station and on Earth's surface.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2014
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Strongly interacting electrons turn oxide interfaces into magnetically controlled and extra-efficient solar cells.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2014
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Scientists have observed the molecular structure of liquid water at a gold surface under different charging conditions.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
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Researchers have broken new ground in the development of proteins that form specialized fibers used in medicine and nanotechnology. For as long as scientists have been able to create new proteins that are capable of self-assembling into fibers, their work has taken place on the nanoscale. For the first time, this achievement has been realized on the microscale - a leap of magnitude in size that presents significant new opportunities for using engineered protein fibers.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
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Scientists have developed new organic compounds characterized by a higher modularity, stability and efficiency, which could be applicable in the semiconductors industry for using them in electronics or lighting.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
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Technology could provide a way to deliver probes or drugs to cell structures without outside guidance.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
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Successful techniques for cryopreserving bulk biomaterials and organ systems would transform current approaches to transplantation and regenerative medicine. However, while vitrified cryopreservation holds great promise, practical application has been limited to smaller systems (cells and thin tissues) due to diffusive heat and mass transfer limitations, which are typically manifested as devitrification and cracking failures during thaw. Now researchers leverage a clinically proven technology platform, in magnetically heated nanoparticles, to overcome this major hurdle limiting further advancement in the field of cryopreservation.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
Read moreScientists have designed a new experiment to test the foundations of quantum mechanics at the large scale.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
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An emerging super-black nanotechnology that is to be tested for the first time this fall on the International Space Station will be applied to a complex, 3-D component critical for suppressing stray light in a new, smaller, less-expensive solar coronagraph designed to ultimately fly on the orbiting outpost or as a hosted payload on a commercial satellite.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
Read moreA group of scientists have combined medicine and advanced nanotechnological engineering to create a smarter, more targeted therapy that could overcome the most lethal gynecologic cancer.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a nanoparticle to deliver a melanoma-fighting drug directly to the cancer.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
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LCD technology developed in Hong Kong maintains the 3D images it displays without drawing power.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2014
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