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Living sensors at your fingertips

Cell-infused gloves and bandages light up when in contact with certain chemicals.

Feb 16th, 2017

If atoms are mostly empty space, why do objects look and feel solid?

Chemist John Dalton proposed the theory that all matter and objects are made up of particles called atoms, and this is still accepted by the scientific community, almost two centuries later.

Feb 16th, 2017

Physicists harness neglected properties of light

Technique could help increase resolution of microscopes and telescopes.

Feb 16th, 2017

Sketching sensors with conducting polymer pen (w/video)

The pen contains a conductive polymer ink made from dispersed polyaniline nanofibers in water.

Feb 16th, 2017

Nanoelectronic thread probes form reliable, scar-free integration with the brain

Engineering researchers have designed ultra-flexible, nanoelectronic thread brain probes that can achieve more reliable long-term neural recording than existing probes and don't elicit scar formation when implanted.

Feb 15th, 2017

Nanoparticle biosensor able to detect HIV only one week after infection

The biosensor combines micromechanical silicon structures with gold nanoparticles, both functionalised with p24-specific antibodies.

Feb 15th, 2017

How to roll a nanotube: Demystifying carbon nanotubes' structure control

Pioneering research has demonstrated how to control the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, in order to synthesize horizontal arrays of CNTs with the same structure.

Feb 15th, 2017

New bilayer material could lead to more efficient and versatile light emission, such as bendy LED screens

Scientists report a new bilayer material, with each layer measuring less than one nanometer in thickness, that someday could lead to more efficient and versatile light emission.

Feb 15th, 2017

Engineers shrink atomic force microscope to dime-sized device

Researchers have created an atomic force microscope on a chip, dramatically shrinking the size of a high-tech device commonly used to characterize material properties.

Feb 15th, 2017

Bursting pods

Plants are capable of producing powerful movement that is initiated at the molecular level. Researchers now demonstrate that these biological strategies can be re-engineered by interfacing molecular switches with man-made materials.

Feb 15th, 2017

Good vibrations help reveal molecular details

Five years of hard work and a little 'cosmic luck' led researchers to a new method to obtain structural details on molecules in biomembranes.

Feb 15th, 2017

Nanotechnology based gene editing to eradicate HIV brain reservoir in drug abusers

Scientists are studying new therapies that can short-circuit HIV infection and mitigate the damaging effects that opiate addiction has on the central nervous system.

Feb 15th, 2017

Five ways nanoscience is making science fiction into fact

Moving into the realm of nanomedicine therapies and vehicles smaller than a speck of dust, what were once regarded as science fictions are rapidly becoming fact.