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'Electronic skin' of nanoparticles could improve early breast cancer detection

For detecting cancer, manual breast exams seem low-tech compared to other methods such as MRI. But scientists are now developing an 'electronic skin' that 'feels' and images small lumps that fingers can miss.

Sep 10th, 2014

How skin falls apart: Nanorobotic investigation reveals pathology of autoimmune skin disease

Researchers studying a rare, blistering disease have discovered new details of how autoantibodies destroy healthy cells in skin.

Sep 10th, 2014

2014 LEGO2NANO launches

LEGO2NANO returns with a new challenge for young scientists from China and the UK.

Sep 10th, 2014

Waveguide-integrated graphene photodetector simultaneously exhibits high responsivity, high speed and broad spectral bandwidth

Using a metal-doped graphene junction coupled evanescently to the waveguide, the detector achieves a photoresponsivity exceeding 0.1 A/W together with a nearly uniform response between 1,450 nm and 1,590 nm.

Sep 10th, 2014

Combining antibodies, iron nanoparticles and magnets steers stem cells to injured organs

Researchers infused antibody-studded iron nanoparticles into the bloodstream to treat heart attack damage. The combined nanoparticle enabled precise localization of the body's own stem cells to the injured heart muscle.

Sep 10th, 2014

New method to detect prize particle for future quantum computing

Scientists uncover a new method to detect Majorana particles, a key element for a next-generation quantum computing platform.

Sep 10th, 2014

A review about resistless nanofabrication by stencil lithography

This review on stencil lithography focuses on the particular interest and challenges when applying it to the scalable fabrication of nanoscale devices.

Sep 10th, 2014

NSF grant supports high-yield synthesis of nanorods

Ounce for ounce, gold nanorods that are commercially available cost about 7,000 times more than bulk gold, but that may change, thanks to an award-winning research program in the laboratory of Rice University chemist Eugene Zubarev.

Sep 10th, 2014

Nanomedicine inventor awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

MIT's Sangeeta Bhatia combines clinical and engineering perspectives to tackle complex health challenges.

Sep 10th, 2014

Industrial waste converted in nanocomposite coating for aircraft turbines

Engineers have developed nanostructured coatings capable of withstanding temperatures exceeding 1000 degrees Celsius, which are used in aviation turbine components.

Sep 10th, 2014

Molecular self-assembly controls graphene-edge configuration

Scientists have discovered a new bottom-up fabrication method that produces defect-free graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with periodic zigzag-edge regions. This method, which controls GNR growth direction and length distribution, is a stepping stone towards future graphene-device fabrication by self-assembly.

Sep 10th, 2014

Electroluminescence from a single polymer chain

Researchers have succeeded in detection and spectral characterization of electroluminescence (EL) emission from single polyfluorene chains. This first report on detection of EL from one chain of a conjugated polymer was made possible by isolating individual polyfluorene chains in vertical cylinders of a phase-separated block copolymer.