Synthetic nanopores detect interactions between nanomaterials and cell membranes
Researchers propose proposed a low-cost yet efficient in vitro method to assess the nanotoxicity of nanomaterials toward the cell membrane.
Feb 14th, 2018
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Micromotors made easy
Researchers have devised a simple manufacturing method for versatile graphene oxide-based micromotors. Requiring no specialist equipment, it can be used to produce a range of micromotors that can be further tuned for different purposes.
Feb 14th, 2018
Read moreUnderstanding brain functions using upconversion nanoparticles
Researchers can now send light deep into the brain to study neural activities.
Feb 14th, 2018
Read moreInnovation could spur faster, cheaper, nano-based manufacturing
Scalable and cost-effective manufacturing of thin film devices.
Feb 14th, 2018
Read moreA synthetic cell that produces anti-cancer drugs within a tumor
Novel technology induced cancer cell eradication in both cultured cells and in a tumor tissue.
Feb 13th, 2018
Read moreAll-terrain microbot moves by tumbling over complex topography (w/video)
A new type of all-terrain microbot that moves by tumbling could help usher in tiny machines for various applications.
Feb 13th, 2018
Read moreNew hole-punched crystal clears a path for quantum light
Photonic chip guides single photons, even when there are bends in the road.
Feb 13th, 2018
Read moreGraphene on toast, anyone? (w/video)
Scientists create patterned graphene onto food, paper, cloth, cardboard.
Feb 13th, 2018
Read moreThree's company: New alloy sets magnetism benchmark
Preliminary atomic moment results for new iron-cobalt-manganese thin film blow past decades-old record by potentially 50 percent.
Feb 13th, 2018
Read moreHigh-efficiency and low-cost nanocatalyst for water electrolysis
Researchers succeed in the development of alternative and cheapest anode material for excellent and ultra-stable alkaline water electrolysis.
Feb 13th, 2018
Read moreTechnique produces powerful nanoengineered DNA wire biosensors
Researchers reported a nanoengineering innovation that offers hope for treatment of cancer, infections and other health problems - conductive wires of DNA enhanced with gold which could be used to electrically measure hundreds of biological processes simultaneously.
Feb 13th, 2018
Read moreTissue paper sensors show promise for health care, entertainment, robotics
Engineers have used nanocomposite materials to turn tissue paper into a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other human movement.
Feb 13th, 2018
Read moreHybrid optics bring color imaging using ultrathin metalenses into focus
Scientists announced that they have successfully combined two different imaging methods - a type of lens designed for nanoscale interaction with lightwaves, along with robust computational processing - to create full-color images.
Feb 12th, 2018
Read moreToday's highest quality composite-piezoelectric
An international team of scientists has managed to develop a composite material that has the best piezoelectric properties today.
Feb 12th, 2018
Read moreTiny drug-delivering capsules could sustain transplanted insulin-producing cells
A drug-carrying microsphere within a cell-bearing microcapsule could be the key to transplanting insulin-secreting pig pancreas cells into human patients whose own cells have been destroyed by type I diabetes.
Feb 12th, 2018
Read moreUsing injectable self-assembled nanomaterials for sustained delivery of drugs
New injectable delivery system can slowly release drug carriers for months.
Feb 12th, 2018
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