The stiffest porous lightweight materials ever
Researchers have developed and fabricated material architectures that are equally strong in all three dimensions, and that are simultaneously extremely stiff.
Dec 12th, 2018
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Helping the anti-parasitic medicine go down with nanocapsules
Scientists have developed a new way to deliver anti-parasitic medicines more efficiently.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreScientists create way to power pacemaker with light
Innovative technique uses tiny solar cell to stimulate heart muscle.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreNew transport mechanism of nanomaterial through a cell membrane: membrane stretching
Research shows that it is possible to control the transport of nanomaterial across a cell membrane by tuning the membrane tension.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreScientists developed unique method to calculate transparent materials' porosity
As a result, it becomes possible to retrieve characteristics of high-density objects at a new level, thereby enhancing the precision of the technologies of their creation.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreBetter biomedical devices, wearable displays may result from tiny light-guiding structures
Microfabrication method yields flexible light guides for an array of light-based devices.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreChemical engineers develop new theory to build improved nanomaterials
Scientists have developed a new theory to better predict how nanoclusters will behave when a given metal is introduced to their structure.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreBoron nitride and silver nanoparticles help get rid of carbon monoxide emissions
Chemists have developed a new hybrid catalyst for carbon monoxide oxidation consisting of hexagonal boron nitride and silver nanoparticles. This material makes it possible to get a full conversion of carbon monoxide at only 194 degrees Celsius.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreCustom-made artificial mother-of-pearl
Researchers developed an imitation comparable to mother-of-pearl, the physical properties of which can be specifically adjusted.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreCarbon nanotube based electrochemical sensor for fast detection of phenol in wastewater
Researchers have discovered a low cost and non-enzymatic phenol sensor that exhibits high sensitivity, good selectivity, reproducibility, and stability which has potential application in phenol detection in discharged wastewater.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreInsights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots
Understanding the behaviour of the magnetic chain in magnetotactic bacteria may lay foundations for bacterial applications such as motors in biological nanorobots, which could perform minor surgical procedures, or deliver drugs to specific places inside the body.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreCopper compound as promising quantum computing unit
Chemists synthesise molecule as possible component for quantum computers .
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreCutting and pasting with graphene
Scientists have developed a method of cutting graphene into smaller fragments using a diamond knife. They can then construct nanostructures from the fragments.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read moreSprayable gel could help the body fight off cancer after surgery
Scientists have tested the biodegradable spray gel in mice that had advanced melanoma tumors surgically removed. They found that the gel reduced the growth of the tumor cells that remained after surgery, which helped prevent recurrences of the cancer.
Dec 11th, 2018
Read morePhysicist applies nanotechnology to detect cancer protein-protein interactions
A physicist hopes to improve cancer detection with a new and novel class of nanomaterials.
Dec 10th, 2018
Read moreTopological matters: Toward a new kind of transistor
X-ray experiments provide first demonstration of room temperature switching in ultrathin material that could serve as a 'topological transistor'.
Dec 10th, 2018
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