Plant, yeast, even mammalian cells could be engineered into living detectors of virtually any molecule of interest to improve environmental monitoring, metabolic production of pharmaceuticals, and more.
Jan 27th, 2016
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Development of effective new treatments for cancer, dementia, Parkinson's disease and other brain conditions is becoming possible from breakthrough discoveries being made in nanotechnology.
Jan 27th, 2016
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Researcher demonstrated the first ever measurement of the temperature of electrons in a nanoelectronic device a few thousandths of a degree above absolute zero.
Jan 27th, 2016
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Researchers at the forefront of a revolution in microwave photonics are bringing us the first all-purpose programmable optical chips.
Jan 27th, 2016
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The firm and secure fusion of different materials poses a major challenge, and researchers are working on ways to improve joining techniques - for example by laser surface treatments.
Jan 27th, 2016
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Waves of charge scudding across gold surfaces are shown to create wakes that are readily manipulable.
Jan 27th, 2016
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Separating the electric and magnetic components of light scattered by silicon nanoparticles enables more precise control of light.
Jan 27th, 2016
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Researchers show that by means of a novel magnetoresistive effect, it is now possible to study the spin transport properties in these materials without the need to fabricate complex devices and/or involve interfaces between different materials.
Jan 26th, 2016
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Simple origami fold may hold the key to designing pop-up furniture, medical devices and scientific tools.
Jan 26th, 2016
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Two dimensional radioactive films are a new and exciting system to study nuclear decay at the atomic level with applications in a variety of fields ranging from medical imaging to cancer therapy. Before these films can be used in real-world application however, their behaviour and stability under ambient conditions has to be understood.
Jan 26th, 2016
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What researchers had thought of as a barrier to developing advanced technologies based on the emerging field of plasmonics is now seen as a potential pathway to practical applications in areas from cancer therapy to nanomanufacturing.
Jan 26th, 2016
Read moreA group of researchers discovered a way to enhance smart materials known as 'electrostrictive polymers' to improve their mechanical energy harvesting performance.
Jan 26th, 2016
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Researchers succeeded in calculating effects in ultra-cold atom clouds which can only be explained in terms of the quantum correlations between many atoms. Such atom clouds are known as Bose-Einstein condensates and are an active field of research.
Jan 26th, 2016
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Scientists have created a neural network based on polymeric memristors - devices that can potentially be used to build fundamentally new computers.
Jan 26th, 2016
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Bioengineers reprogram laser cutter to etch 50,000 microwells per hour.
Jan 26th, 2016
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Researchers have designed a set of fluorescent nanomaterials which have taken their inspiration from the antenna systems of plants.
Jan 26th, 2016
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