Traditional genomic, proteomic and other screening methods currently used to characterize drug mechanisms are time-consuming and require special equipment, but now researchers offer a multi-channel sensor method using gold nanoparticles that can accurately profile various anti-cancer drugs and their mechanisms in minutes.
Dec 15th, 2014
Read moreScientists obtain vital control on the emission of photons.
Dec 15th, 2014
Read moreNew work presents a supramolecular nanocage which encapsulates fullerenes of different sizes and allows the extraction of pure C60 and C70 through a washing-based strategy.
Dec 15th, 2014
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Today circuit cards are laid out like single-story towns; Futuristic architecture builds layers of logic and memory into skyscraper chips that would be smaller, faster, cheaper - and taller.
Dec 15th, 2014
Read moreIn new work, researchers find Ga ion vacancy is the critical factor that causes the high off-state current, low on/off ratio of GaTe FET and large hysteresis at room temperature through electrical transport measurements at variable temperatures and first-principles calculations as well.
Dec 15th, 2014
Read moreRecent research efforts have led to a new technique to magnetically deliver drug-carrying particles to hard-to-reach targets. The method has the potential to transform the way deep-tissue tumors and other diseases are treated.
Dec 12th, 2014
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Self-arranging molecules produce ordered arrays that could form the basis for efficient optoelectronic memory devices.
Dec 12th, 2014
Read moreA new method that creates large-area patterns of three-dimensional nanoshapes from metal sheets represents a potential manufacturing system to inexpensively mass produce innovations such as plasmonic metamaterials for advanced technologies.
Dec 12th, 2014
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If seeing is believing, C.K. Choi has a passion for clarity - in a very tiny world. The assistant professor of mechanical engineering's research lies at the micro-scale, in channels no thicker than a strand of hair.
Dec 11th, 2014
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Attosecond laser provides first 'movie' of fast electrons jumping band-gap of semiconductor.
Dec 11th, 2014
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Origami is capable of turning a simple sheet of paper into a pretty paper crane, but the principles behind the paper-folding art can also be applied to making a microfluidic device for a blood test, or for storing a satellite's solar panel in a rocket's cargo bay.
Dec 11th, 2014
Read moreScientists have found a way of targeting hard-to-reach cancers and degenerative diseases using nanoparticles, but without causing the damaging side effects the treatment normally brings.
Dec 11th, 2014
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Researchers have found that stacking materials that are only one atom thick can create semiconductor junctions that transfer charge efficiently, regardless of whether the crystalline structure of the materials is mismatched - lowering the manufacturing cost for a wide variety of semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs.
Dec 11th, 2014
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Scientists use liquid-cell electron microscopy to investigate galvanic replacement reactions between silver nanoparticle templates and aqueous palladium salt solutions.
Dec 11th, 2014
Read moreA walking molecule, so small that it cannot be observed directly with a microscope, has been recorded taking its first nanometre-sized steps.
Dec 11th, 2014
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Bismuth nanowires have intriguing electronic and energy-harvesting application possibilities. However, fabricating these materials with high quality and in large quantities is challenging. Researchers have now demonstrated a new technique to produce single- crystal nanowires atop arbitrary substrates, including glass, silicon, and metal, when an intermediate layer of vanadium is present.
Dec 11th, 2014
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