Electron microscopy captures snapshot of structure coronaviruses use to enter cells
Atomic model suggests vaccine strategies against deadly pandemic viruses such as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.
Feb 26th, 2016
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Artificial control of exciplexes opens possibilities for new electronics
Demonstrating a strategy that could form the basis for a new class of electronic devices with uniquely tunable properties, researchers were able to widely vary the emission color and efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes based on exciplexes simply by changing the distance between key molecules in the devices by a few nanometers.
Feb 26th, 2016
Read moreSUN fosters international dialogue among top researchers, professionals and young scientists in the field of Nanotechnologies
The EU FP7 SUN Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project has successfully hosted a week of high ranking, international nanotechnology events in Venice in the period 22 - 29 January 2016.
Feb 26th, 2016
Read morePreventing protein unfolding with polymers
Researchers have theoretically demonstrated that small proteins can be reinforced with covalently bonded polymers against mechanical unfolding.
Feb 26th, 2016
Read moreGraphene 'moth eyes' to power future smart technologies
Patterned graphene sheets will be essential in designing future technologies such as 'smart wallpaper' and Internet-of-things applications.
Feb 26th, 2016
Read moreNew cell-sorting technology could improve the development of cell therapies
Researchers create magnetic ratcheting system that could help prepare medical therapies more quickly and accurately.
Feb 26th, 2016
Read moreWorld's first parallel computer based on biomolecular motors
A study reports the realization of a parallel computer based on designed nanofabricated channels explored in a massively parallel fashion by protein filaments propelled by molecular motors.
Feb 26th, 2016
Read moreSolar cells as light as a soap bubble
Imagine solar cells so thin, flexible, and lightweight that they could be placed on almost any material or surface, including your hat, shirt, or smartphone, or even on a sheet of paper or a helium balloon.
Feb 26th, 2016
Read moreQuantum physicists turn to the dark state
A team of quantum physicists managed to tame a so-called 'dark state', created in a superconducting qubit.
Feb 25th, 2016
Read moreMicrorobots learn from ciliates
A swimming microrobot formed from liquid-crystal elastomers is driven by a light-induced peristaltic motion.
Feb 25th, 2016
Read moreNew catalyst makes hydrogen peroxide accessible to developing world
Scientists have developed a method of producing hydrogen peroxide on demand through a simple, one-step process. The method enables dilute H2O2 to be made directly from hydrogen and oxygen in small quantities on-site.
Feb 25th, 2016
Read moreNew trigger for self-powered mechanical movement
A new way to use the chemical reactions of certain enzymes to trigger self-powered mechanical movement has been developed by a team of researchers.
Feb 25th, 2016
Read moreGraphene slides smoothly across gold
Researchers have been studying the lubricity of graphene on the nanometer scale. Since it produces almost no friction at all, it could drastically reduce energy loss in machines when used as a coating.
Feb 25th, 2016
Read morePulling water from thin air
Inspired by a desert beetle, cactus and pitcher plant, researchers design a new material to collect water droplets.
Feb 25th, 2016
Read moreQuantum dot solids: This generation's silicon wafer?
Just as the single-crystal silicon wafer forever changed the nature of electronics 60 years ago, a group of researchers is hoping its work with quantum dot solids - crystals made out of crystals - can help usher in a new era in electronics.
Feb 25th, 2016
Read moreImmune cells don't always ward off carbon nano invaders
Scientists have found evidence that some carbon nanomaterials can enter into immune cell membranes, seemingly going undetected by the cell's built-in mechanisms for engulfing and disposing of foreign material, and then escape through some unidentified pathway.
Feb 24th, 2016
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