A new type of molecular probe can measure and count RNA in cells and tissue without organic dyes. The probe is based on the conventional fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, but it relies on compact quantum dots to illuminate molecules and diseased cells rather than fluorescent dyes.
Oct 29th, 2018
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Nanoscale light sources can now be created with unprecedented efficiency and precision, paving way for new developments in quantum computing and quantum cryptography.
Oct 29th, 2018
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Scientists have developed a machine-learning approach that can be combined with experiments to determine, in record time, the location of atoms in powdered solids. Their method can be applied to complex molecules containing thousands of atoms and could be of particular interest to the pharmaceutical industry.
Oct 29th, 2018
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Chemistry, biochemistry and computer science researchers have joined forces to look for new ways of storing data. In this research effort, they were inspired by nature, where genetic information is stored in DNA.
Oct 29th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a novel, promising variant of a light source for the smallest possible energy packages - a so-called single-photon source.
Oct 29th, 2018
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A cutting-edge material, inspired by nature, can regulate its own temperature and could equally be used to treat burns and help space capsules withstand atmospheric forces.
Oct 29th, 2018
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Defect engineering and heterogenous interface used to produce strains in emerging semiconductors.
Oct 26th, 2018
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This is the first study that effectively demonstrates a method of producing efficient organic solar cells using the wet processing method.
Oct 26th, 2018
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Two-dimensional element shows promise for solar cells and other optoelectronics.
Oct 26th, 2018
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Switches like this one, discovered with an ultrafast 'electron camera', could offer a new, simple path to storing data in next-generation devices.
Oct 26th, 2018
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Nanocrystals are promising building blocks for new and improved electronic devices, due to their size-tunable properties and ability to integrate into devices at low-cost.
Oct 26th, 2018
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A new class of curved plasmon beams named as a photonic hook plasmon can be used as a nanoparticle manipulator, as well as in biosensors to study substances in small volumes and plasmon microscopes for benefiting superresolution.
Oct 26th, 2018
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Scientists have developed a human-friendly, ultra-flexible organic sensor powered by sunlight, which acts as a self-powered heart monitor.
Oct 26th, 2018
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The new invention consists of a type of coating that produces thin films of water-loving, oil-repelling molecules on the surface of filter membranes. These metal oxide molecules grab onto any loose water atoms while resisting oil.
Oct 26th, 2018
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Engineers create an optical gyroscope smaller than a grain of rice.
Oct 25th, 2018
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Using engineered nanocomposite structures called metamaterials, a research team reports the ability to measure a significant increase in the energy transfer between molecules.
Oct 25th, 2018
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