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Artificial 'muscles' achieve powerful pulling force

New system of contracting fibers could be a boon for biomedical devices and robotics.

Jul 11th, 2019

Nanotechnology delivers hepatitis B vaccine

X-ray imaging shows that nanostructured silica acts as a protective vehicle to deliver intact antigen to the intestine so that it can trigger an immune response. The material can give rise to a polyvaccine against six diseases.

Jul 11th, 2019

Compact atomic gyroscope displays new twists

Researchers have upgraded their compact atomic gyroscope to enable multitasking measurement capabilities and measure its performance, important steps toward practical applications.

Jul 11th, 2019

New superomniphobic glass soars high on butterfly wings using machine learning

Engineers develop new superclear, supertransparent, stain-resistant, anti-fogging nanostructured glass based on butterfly wing.

Jul 11th, 2019

A nanoparticle 'EpiPen' for spinal cord injuries

An injection of nanoparticles can prevent the body's immune system from overreacting to trauma, potentially preventing some spinal cord injuries from resulting in paralysis.

Jul 11th, 2019

Designer proteins form wires and lattices on mineral surface

Findings lay foundation for engineered nano-scale circuits, sensors and filters.

Jul 11th, 2019

Engineers revolutionize molecular microscopy

Single molecules measure electrical potentials.

Jul 11th, 2019

Trapped light particles: Physicists use nanostructures to free photons for highly efficient white OLEDs

The physicists introduce a facile, scalable and especially lithography-free method for the generation of controllable nanostructures with directional randomness and dimensional order, significantly boosting the efficiency of white OLEDs.

Jul 11th, 2019

Conductive graphene materials created by bacteria

Scientists have developed a method to produce graphene materials using a novel technique: mixing oxidized graphite with bacteria.

Jul 11th, 2019

Organic porous structures on 2D defect networks

Scientists have developed a method for self-assembly of hexagonal organic porous structures on molybdenum diselenide film to create ordered nanostructures.

Jul 11th, 2019

Giving nanowires a DNA-like twist

Scientists discovered a DNA-like twisted crystal structure created with a germanium sulfide nanowire, also known as a van der Waals material.

Jul 10th, 2019

Chip converts waste heat into electricity

Researchers have discovered a way to produce more electricity from heat than thought possible by creating a silicon chip that converts more thermal radiation into electricity.

Jul 10th, 2019

Imprinted nanoparticles fight breast cancer

A particularly aggressive, metastasizing form of cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer, may be treated with nanoparticles 'imprinted' with specific binding sites for the receptor molecule HER2.