Using DNA origami - DNA-based design of precise nanostructures - scientists have been able to demonstrate the most accurate distance between densely packed antigens in order to get the strongest bond to antibodies in the immune system.
Jan 14th, 2019
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Biologists have invented a way to build synthetic structures from proteins, and just as in nature, the method is simple and could be used for a variety of purposes.
Jan 14th, 2019
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A new study describes an important step in the activation of the immune system against nanoparticles. The finding may allow researchers and eventually doctors to cloak nanoparticles against the immune system, allowing these particles to go about their therapeutic business.
Jan 14th, 2019
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S-PPV polymers are suitable for use in a wide range of applications, from solar cells through to medicine but, until recently, they were almost impossible to produce.
Jan 14th, 2019
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Scientists have developed a hybrid technology, which shows the advantages of both light and magnetic hard drives.
Jan 14th, 2019
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Researchers have now generated directed currents at terahertz (THz) frequencies, much higher than the clock rates of current electronics. They show that electronic charge transfer between neighboring atoms in the crystal lattice represents the underlying mechanism.
Jan 14th, 2019
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Researchers have found a brand new low-cost method for producing graphene printed electronics which significantly speeds up and reduces the cost of conductive graphene inks.
Jan 11th, 2019
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Researchers have revealed unusual qualities in light that could lead the way to entirely new electronic devices and applications.
Jan 11th, 2019
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Discovery could yield insights into cancer metastasis, wound healing, organ development and more cell-motility-related conditions.
Jan 11th, 2019
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The phenomenon of so-called superlubricity is known, but so far the explanation at the atomic level has been missing: for example, how does extremely low friction occur in bearings?
Jan 11th, 2019
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Physicists have developed a methodology to control the electromigration of oxygen atoms in the buried interfaces of complex oxide materials for constructing high mobility oxide heterostructures.
Jan 11th, 2019
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Electrons in a zinc oxide system go from a liquid to a solid on increasing the magnetic field.
Jan 11th, 2019
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Exploiting new 'strain engineering' approach produces highly stable, narrow linewidth light from individual quantum dots.
Jan 10th, 2019
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Your knees and your smartphone battery have some surprisingly similar needs and that new insight has led to a 'structural battery' prototype that incorporates a cartilage-like material to make the batteries highly durable and easy to shape.
Jan 10th, 2019
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For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to new nanocarbon-based semiconductor applications.
Jan 10th, 2019
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Researchers have succeeded in making artificial channels just one atom in size for the first time. The new capillaries, which are very much like natural protein channels such as aquaporins, are small enough to block the flow of smallest ions.
Jan 10th, 2019
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