Nanoengineers have designed enzyme-functionalized micromotors that rapidly zoom around in water, remove carbon dioxide and convert it into a usable solid form.
Sep 23rd, 2015
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Electrochemical test's sensing principle may be generalized to many different targets, leading to inexpensive devices that could detect dozens of disease markers in less than 5 minutes.
Sep 23rd, 2015
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Researchers produced simple and cost-effective nanomembranes that can be used in the production of high temperature fuel cells.
Sep 23rd, 2015
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Researchers have developed an ultrathin, flat, ultra-lightweight graphene oxide optical lens with unprecedented flexibility.
Sep 23rd, 2015
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Physicists have unveiled a project known as Gecko Hamaker, a new computational and modeling software tool plus an open science database to aid those who design nano-scale materials.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Tissue development is guided by gradients of biomolecules that direct the growth, migration, and differentiation of cells. Biomedical engineers are interested in recreating these developmental gradients in adults to aid the growth of new tissue in areas that have sustained damage. Now, researchers are one step closer to this goal thanks to the creation of new 3D-printed scaffolds that enable researchers to release biomolecules into the body with exceptional control.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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The key breakthrough will allow large quantities of data to be stored directly on an integrated optical chip, rather than being processed and stored electronically, as happens today.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes can chemically trap and store greenhouse gases more effectively than typical adsorption materials.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Researchers have devised a novel type of graphene oxide-based biosensor that could potentially significantly speed up the process of drug development. The outstanding properties of this carbon allotrope help to improve significantly the biosensing sensitivity, which in future may enable the development of new drugs and vaccines against many dangerous diseases including HIV, hepatitis and cancer.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Modern nanofabrication methods have contributed to recent progress in biosensor technology, but challenges remain in developing biosensor assembly platforms that meet important preparation and performance criteria. Now, a team of researchers has developed a new approach that meets at least three of these criteria: system modularity, good signal amplification, and easy purification.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Invention of the first integrated circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip opens the door for development of small, portable sensors that could expand the use of polarized light for drug screening, surveillance, optical communications and quantum computing, among other potential applications.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Scientists have developed a worldwide unique broadband and coherent infrared light source. The record peak brilliance of the light source makes it an ultrasensitive detector for the infrared molecular finger print region, ideal to detect minute changes in the spectral features from cells or tissue which are tell-tale signs of DNA mutation or the presence of cellular malfunctions such as cancer.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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In 1952, the legendary British mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing proposed a model, which assumes formation of complex patterns through chemical interaction of two diffusing reagents. Russian scientists managed to prove that the corneal surface nanopatterns in 23 insect orders completely fit into this model.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Researchers describe a custom-built ultrafast laser that could help image everything from semiconductor chips to cells in real time.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Researchers have developed the first all-optical permanent on-chip memory. This is an important step on the way towards optical computers.
Sep 22nd, 2015
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Scientists have used a powerful microscope to image the three-dimensional positions of individual atoms to a precision of 19 trillionths of a meter, which is several times smaller than a hydrogen atom.
Sep 21st, 2015
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