Researchers create new method to control quantum systems
Researchers have discovered a method to design faster pulses, offering a new way to accurately control quantum systems.
May 24th, 2016
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Traveling wave drives magnetic particles
New method for selectively controlling the motion of multiple sized microspheres suspended in water.
May 24th, 2016
Read moreSupercrystals with new architecture can enhance drug synthesis
Scientists have designed an optically active nanosized supercrystal whose novel architecture can help separate organic molecules, thus considerably facilitating the technology of drug synthesis.
May 23rd, 2016
Read moreNanoscale Trojan horses treat inflammation
Nanosized Trojan horses created from a patient's own immune cells have successfully treated inflammation by overcoming the body's complex defense mechanisms, perhaps leading to broader applications for treating diseases characterized by inflammation, such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
May 23rd, 2016
Read moreNew study captures ultrafast motion of proteins
An international research team has succeeded for the first time in observing the structural changes in carbonic anhydrase.
May 23rd, 2016
Read moreBetter understanding interactions between graphene and its environment
The interactions between graphene and its environment have a significant influence on the use of this promising material by the semiconductor industry. Thanks to the comprehensive findings of an international research project, these interactions are now better understood and can be controlled as a result.
May 23rd, 2016
Read moreEngineers take first step toward flexible, wearable, tricoder-like device
The Chem-Phys patch monitors both biochemical and electric signals in the human body at the same time - a first.
May 23rd, 2016
Read moreNanoplastics negatively affect aquatic animals
New research investigates how nanosized plastic particles affect aquatic animals in different parts of the food chain.
May 23rd, 2016
Read moreNanotechnology for the nose: scented video games
The NANOSMELL project aims to switch smells on and off by tagging artificial odorants with nanoparticles exposed to electromagnetic field.
May 21st, 2016
Read moreNanotubes are beacons in cancer-imaging technique
Bathing a patient in LED light may someday offer a new way to locate tumors, according to researchers.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreNanocarriers may pack powerful treatment for brain tumors
Researchers have found that a lipid nanocarrier engineered to be small enough to get past the blood-brain barrier could be targeted to deliver a chemotherapeutic drug more efficiently to tumor cells in the brain.
May 20th, 2016
Read morePhysicists create first metamaterial with rewritable magnetic ordering
Physicists have produced the first rewriteable artificial magnetic charge ice. The research shows strong potential for technological applications from information encoding, reprogrammable magnonics, and also to spintronics.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreScientists explain how the giant magnetoelectric effect occurs in bismuth ferrite
Scientists have created a theoretical model which explains a previously little-studied phenomenon - a giant electromagnetic effect in bismuth ferrite.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreTerahertz spectroscopy
Spectroscopic system with chip-scale lasers cuts detection time from minutes to microseconds.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreTwo-stage nanoparticle delivery of piperlongumine and TRAIL anti-cancer therapy
A team of researchers has demonstrated a drug delivery mechanism that utilizes two independent vehicles, allowing for delivery of chemically and physically dis-tinct agents.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreMore light on cancer with nanoparticles
Scientists have succeeded to synthesize nanoparticles of ultrapure silicon, which exhibited the property of efficient photoluminescence, i.e., secondary light emission after photoexcitation.
May 20th, 2016
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