Nanoparticles hitchhiking their way along strands of hair
Massaging hair can help more quickly deliver nanoparticle-based treatment to the roots.
Jan 27th, 2017
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Chiral quantum optics: A new research field with bright perspectives
Surprising direction-dependent effects emerge when light is guided in microscopic structures. This discovery shows promise for both classical and quantum information processing.
Jan 27th, 2017
Read moreEuropean nanotechnology project to design less toxic photovoltaic materials (w/video)
Project Sunflower's objective has been the development of organic photovoltaic materials less toxic and viable for industrial production.
Jan 27th, 2017
Read moreBoron atoms stretch out, gain new powers (w/video)
Simulations demonstrate 1-D material's stiffness, electrical versatility.
Jan 27th, 2017
Read moreFor this metal, electricity flows, but not the heat
Study finds law-breaking property in vanadium dioxide that could lead to applications in thermoelectrics, window coatings.
Jan 26th, 2017
Read moreScientists unveil new form of matter: Time crystals
Physicists repeatedly tweaked a group of ions to create first example of a non-equilibrium material.
Jan 26th, 2017
Read moreResearchers update 'sweet' 1950s separation method to clean nanoparticles from organisms
Giving a 65-year-old laboratory technique a new role, researchers have performed the cleanest separation to date of synthetic nanoparticles from a living organism.
Jan 26th, 2017
Read moreFirst 3D observation of nanomachines working inside cells
Scientists combine genetic engineering, super-resolution microscopy and biocomputation to allow them to see in 3D the protein machinery inside living cells.
Jan 26th, 2017
Read moreSound waves create nanoparticle whirlpools to round up tiny signs of disease
New technique could form the basis of a small, inexpensive point-of-care device for early disease diagnosis.
Jan 26th, 2017
Read moreGraphene demonstrates remarkable potential as life-saving antioxidant
Treated particles of graphene derived from carbon nanotubes have demonstrated remarkable potential as life-saving antioxidants, but as small as they are, something even smaller had to be created to figure out why they work so well.
Jan 26th, 2017
Read moreFirst step towards photonic quantum network
Advanced photonic nanostructures are well on their way to revolutionising quantum technology for quantum networks based on light. Researchers have now developed the first building blocks needed to construct complex quantum photonic circuits for quantum networks.
Jan 25th, 2017
Read moreResearchers control adhesive material remotely with light
Bioinspired intelligent material transports micro-objects.
Jan 25th, 2017
Read moreThe first glimpse of a single protein
A folded protein molecule can be clearly imaged with the help of electron holograms.
Jan 25th, 2017
Read moreHow water can split into two liquids below zero
Theoretical possibility of the coexistence of dual liquid states of matter in sub-zero water due to the origami-like stacking behavior of microscale moleculesy.
Jan 25th, 2017
Read moreHospitals can rapidly identify life-threatening bacteria
Researchers have developed a new, easy-to-adapt and inexpensive analytical procedure. The main role is played by innovative bioconjugates - luminescent, magnetic microparticles coated with appropriately selected bacteriophages.
Jan 25th, 2017
Read moreExpanding point-of-care disease diagnostics with ultrasound
To create new in-office diagnostics for additional diseases, researchers report a new technique that uses ultrasound to concentrate fluorescently labeled disease biomarkers otherwise impossible to detect with current equipment in an office setting.
Jan 25th, 2017
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