A significant breakthrough could revolutionize surgical practice and regenerative medicine. A team of researchers has just demonstrated that the principle of adhesion by aqueous solutions of nanoparticles can be used in vivo to repair soft-tissue organs and tissues.
Apr 18th, 2014
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Researchers have shown how to switch a particular transition metal oxide, a lanthanum nickelate, from a metal to an insulator by making the material less than a nanometer thick.
Apr 17th, 2014
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Researchers have hit on a novel method to help kidney stone sufferers ensure they receive the correct and most effective treatment possible.
Apr 17th, 2014
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A new nano-membrane made out of graphene is extremely light and breathable. Not only can this open the door to a new generation of functional waterproof clothing, but also to ultra-rapid filtration. The membrane is as thin as is technologically possible.
Apr 17th, 2014
Read moreA University of Texas at Arlington physicist working to create a luminescent nanoparticle to use in security-related radiation detection may have instead happened upon an advance in photodynamic cancer therapy.
Apr 17th, 2014
Read moreA team of physicists observed quantum superconductor-metal transition and superconducting glass.
Apr 17th, 2014
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Electrically controlled glasses with continuously adjustable transparency, new polarisation filters, and even chemosensors capable of detecting single molecules of specific chemicals could be fabricated thanks to a new polymer unprecedentedly combining optical and electrical properties.
Apr 17th, 2014
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Researchers have shown the ability to grow high quality, single-layer materials one on top of the other using chemical vapor deposition. This highly scalable technique, often used in the semiconductor industry, can produce new materials with unique properties that could be applied to solar cells, ultracapacitors for energy storage, or advanced transistors for energy efficient electronics, among many other applications.
Apr 16th, 2014
Read moreResearchers made a set of multicolor barcodes with different combinations of red, green or blue fluorescent dots on either end of a tiny lanthanide-containing microrod using an inexpensive process.
Apr 16th, 2014
Read moreEfficient conversion from magnetic storage to light is key.
Apr 16th, 2014
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Researchers have achieved the first successful atomic-level observation of growing strontium titanate thin films.
Apr 16th, 2014
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X-rays reveal how rapidly vanishing 'charge stripes' may be behind laser-induced high-temperature superconductivity.
Apr 16th, 2014
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Scientists create a novel way to do time-lapse studies of crystallization that will lead to better flexible electronic displays, circuits, and possibly more effective drugs.
Apr 16th, 2014
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The University of Chicago's Institute for Molecular Engineering will build a major new facility for nanoscale fabrication within the William Eckhardt Research Center, supported by a $15 million gift from the Pritzker Foundation.
Apr 16th, 2014
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A new version of 'spaser' technology being investigated could mean that mobile phones become so small, efficient, and flexible they could be printed on clothing.
Apr 16th, 2014
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A good connection between carbon-based materials and external metallic leads is of major importance in nanodevice performance, an aspect where an important step has been surmounted by researchers by studying contacts of carbon nanostructures with atoms of different chemical nature.
Apr 16th, 2014
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