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Nanotechnology invention improves effectiveness of the 'penicillin of cancer'

By combining magnetic nanoparticles with one of the most common and effective chemotherapy drugs, researchers have created a way to deliver anti-cancer drugs directly into the nucleus of cancer cells.

Aug 14th, 2014

Nanotube-polymer composites give immune cells a cancer-fighting boost

Scientists have developed a novel cancer immunotherapy that rapidly grows and enhances a patient's immune cells outside the body using carbon nanotube-polymer composites; the immune cells can then be injected back into a patient's blood to boost the immune response or fight cancer.

Aug 14th, 2014

To bolster lithium battery life, add a little salt

Cornell chemical engineers have achieved a breakthrough in the race to achieve safer, longer-lasting batteries to power the world's automobiles, cell phones, computers and autonomous robots.

Aug 14th, 2014

Nanotechnology helps solve mystery surrounding portrait of a mummy

A microscopic sliver of painted wood could hold the keys to unraveling a centuries-old mystery surrounding a portrait from 180 AD.

Aug 13th, 2014

Can our computers continue to get smaller and more powerful?

A computer scientist reviews frontier technologies to determine fundamental limits of computer scaling.

Aug 13th, 2014

Optical extraction of hot carrier energy makes solar cells more efficient

A layer of silicon nanocrystals and erbium ions may help solar cells to extract more energy from the ultraviolet (UV, high-energy) part of the solar spectrum.

Aug 13th, 2014

Nanopore material could enhance fast and accurate DNA sequencing

Gene-based personalized medicine has many possibilities for diagnosis and targeted therapy, but one big bottleneck: the expensive and time-consuming DNA-sequencing process. Now, researchers have found that nanopores in the material molybdenum disulfide could sequence DNA more accurately, quickly and inexpensively than anything yet available.

Aug 13th, 2014

New test reveals purity of graphene

Graphene may be tough, but those who handle it had better be tender. The environment surrounding the atom-thick carbon material can influence its electronic performance, according to researchers who have come up with a simple way to spot contaminants.

Aug 13th, 2014

Engineer solves an age-old conundrum and turns metal into glass

Materials scientists have long sought to form glass from pure, monoatomic metals. Scott X. Mao and colleagues did it.

Aug 13th, 2014

Custom-made carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes can be specifically produced with a desired structure from suitable precursor molecules.

Aug 13th, 2014

Tattoo biobatteries produce power from sweat (w/video)

In the future, working up a sweat by exercising may not only be good for your health, but it could also power your small electronic devices. Researchers have designed a sensor in the form of a temporary tattoo that can both monitor a person's progress during exercise and produce power from their perspiration.