An international team of scientists has succeeded, for the first time, in depicting intact live bacteria with an X-ray laser. This technique can give researchers a clearer understanding of the complex world of cells.
Feb 11th, 2015
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A new, relatively simple process makes it possible to create biocompatible particles called shape-controllable microgels that could be custom-designed for specific roles such as drug delivery vehicles, tissue engineering building blocks and biomedical research.
Feb 10th, 2015
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Scientists have demonstrated the emergence of self-organized structures that drive the evolution of a non-equilibrium system to a state of maximum entropy production. The authors suggest MEPP underlies the evolution of the artificial system's self-organization, in the same way that it underlies the evolution of ordered systems (biological life) on Earth.
Feb 10th, 2015
Read moreFuturistic material molybdenum disulfide may find new application for thin-film transistors in extremely high-temperature electronics and sensors.
Feb 10th, 2015
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A new multiferroric film keeps its electric and magnetic properties even when highly curved, paving the way for potential uses in wearable devices.
Feb 10th, 2015
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Researchers have combined a nanopore with a tiny cage capable of trapping and holding a single DNA strand after it has been pulled through the pore. While caged, biochemical experiments can be performed on the strand, which can then be zipped back through the nanopore to look at how the strand has changed.
Feb 10th, 2015
Read moreThe toxicity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has received significant attention due to their usage in a wide range of commercial applications. While numerous studies exist on their impacts in water and soil ecosystems, there is a lack of information on the exposure to CNTs from the atmosphere.
Feb 10th, 2015
Read moreScientists have developed a method for preparing methylammonium-lead bromide hybrid nanoparticles with extraordinary luminescence. This work has successfully increased the luminescence efficiency of nanoparticles up to 80% and has also proven their high stability under ultraviolet visible light.
Feb 10th, 2015
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A Möbius strip created from laser light opens up new possibilities for material processing and for micro- and nanotechnology.
Feb 10th, 2015
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Injectable nanoparticles that could protect an injured person from further damage due to oxidative stress have proven to be astoundingly effective in tests to study their mechanism.
Feb 9th, 2015
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New study shows how to predict metamaterial nonlinear optical properties.
Feb 9th, 2015
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Treated buckyballs not only remove valuable but potentially toxic metal particles from water and other liquids, but also reserve them for future use.
Feb 9th, 2015
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A recent agreement between The University of Texas at Dallas and Lintec of America is expected to propel scientific discoveries from the University's laboratories into the global marketplace.
Feb 9th, 2015
Read moreA first-of-its-kind electron microscope, which will allow materials to be studied in their natural environments using an electron beam focused down to a subatomic spot.
Feb 9th, 2015
Read moreWork is underway on the design of a small medical device capable of detecting allergies or diseases quickly and at a low cost.
Feb 9th, 2015
Read moreIt is evident from samples from mammoths, bears, and other fossils: sequenceable DNA can last up to several hundred thousand years. But one does not necessarily need fossil bones as capsules of silica glass spheres can do the same job.
Feb 9th, 2015
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