Nanoparticle vaccine shows potential as immunotherapy to fight multiple cancer types
Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind nanoparticle vaccine immunotherapy that targets several different cancer types.
Apr 24th, 2017
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From abundant hydrocarbons to rare spin liquids
Scientists have discovered how to take hydrocarbon molecular components, dress them with electrons, each of which carries a small compass - an unpaired spin - and pack them together like cookies in a box to create a quantum spin liquid - a long-sought hypothetical state of matter.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreGrowth under pressure: New metamaterial designed with counterintuitive property
A newly designed metamaterial that expands with increasing hydrostatic pressure may advance what 3-D printers are capable of producing beyond what occurs in nature.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreChip-based nanoscopy: Microscopy in HD quality
Physicists have developed a photonic chip that makes it possible to carry out super-resolution light microscopy, also called nanoscopy, with conventional microscopes. In nanoscopy, the position of single fluorescent molecules can be determined with a precision of just a few nanometers.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreBright future for self-charging batteries
New light-based technology could one day make battery chargers obsolete.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreSolar cell design with over 50 percent energy-conversion efficiency
A new solar cell design could raise the energy conversion efficiency to over 50% by absorbing the spectral components of longer wavelengths that are usually lost during transmission through the cell.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreNew self-sustained multi-sensor platform for environmental monitoring
Researchers have engineered a self-sustaining sensor platform to continuously monitor the surrounding environment without having an external power source.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreNew breakthrough in battery charging technology
A team of researchers has developed a single-unit, photo-rechargeable portable power source based on high-efficiency silicon solar cells and lithium-ion batteries.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreFreezing lithium batteries may make them safer and bendable
Engineers use ice-templating to control electrolyte structure in lithium batteries; solid-state is non-flammable, non-toxic and flexible with longer battery life.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreSelf-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled
DNA self-assembly allows the unprecedented control of the optical properties of plasmonic metamolecules.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreWorking on the magnetic memory of the future
In his work, Geoffrey Beach combines the deep, theoretical understanding of a physicist with an engineer's passion for building and refining the devices needed to carry out his investigations.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreGraphene holds up under high pressure
Used in filtration membranes, ultrathin material could help make desalination more productive.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreThin diamond crystal reflects many colors of light in all directions
Physicists and mathematicians have discovered by advanced calculations that a thin diamond-like photonic nanostructure reflects a surprisingly broad range of colors of light omnidirectionally.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreTiny cages could keep vaccines safe at high temperatures
Scientists have created a technique which can keep proteins intact at high temperatures up to 100 C, by encasing them in silica cages.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreRevealing polymeric fluids behavior at the microscopic scale
A team of researchers is focussing their efforts on using microfluidics as a tool to reveal the laws and principles ruling the behavior of complex fluids at the microscopic scale. Then in a second phase, they make use of these discoveries to provide direct applications in healthcare and biotechnology.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreNew study reveals the mystery behind the formation of hollowed nanoparticles during metal oxidation
If carefully controlled, the same process that creates rust - metal oxidation - could offer scientists ways to advance state-of-the-art battery or drug delivery technologies.
Apr 22nd, 2017
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