Pyroelectric peptide microtubes turn heat to electric currents
Bundles of microtubes formed by peptides can convert thermal energy into electrical energy.
Oct 4th, 2016
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A breakthrough in the study of how things break, bend and deform
Researchers use layered materials to show how nature's 'dislocations' occur.
Oct 4th, 2016
Read moreNanotechnology platform leads to invention of glucose-sensing contact lens
Device relies on nanostructured platform to optimize raman scattering spectroscopy.
Oct 4th, 2016
Read moreFast lab-on-chip detects effects of poison
A new lab-on-a-chip system is capable of fast analysis of the effects of toxic substances on hemoglobin, for example. It mimicks human metabolism.
Oct 4th, 2016
Read moreUsing nanotechnology to produce sustainable, clean water for developing nations (w/video)
This technology would enable communities to produce their own water filters using biomass nanofibers, making clean water more accessible and affordable.
Oct 4th, 2016
Read moreERC grant to develop smart artificial skin
The technological imitation of a system such as human skin and its information processing presents an enormous challenge to the technology of intelligent materials.
Oct 4th, 2016
Read moreRecent innovations in perovskite film research for solar cells
Recent publications cover three different areas of innovation in perovskite film research: a novel post annealing treatment to increase perovskite efficiency and stability, a discovery of the decomposition products of a specific perovskite, and a new means of producing perovskites that maintains solar efficiency when scaled up.
Oct 4th, 2016
Read moreNew protein bridges chemical divide for 'seamless' bioelectronics devices
Engineers reportd peptides that could help harness biological rules to exchange information between the biochemistry of our bodies and the chemistry of our devices.
Oct 4th, 2016
Read moreSurvival of the fittest in materials discovery
New research has paved the way for the development of dynamically-evolving polymers that form spontaneously by adapting to their environment, which may lead to a number of product possibilities including drug delivery, food science and cosmetics.
Oct 4th, 2016
Read moreResearchers quantify drug delivery from nanoparticles inside a cell
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the success of delivery of drugs from nanoparticles can be quantified inside a cell.
Oct 3rd, 2016
Read moreNew microscope reveals nanoscale structural dynamics in live cells (w/video)
Scientists have unveiled a new microscope that can track the position and orientation of individual molecules in living cells - nanoscale measurements that until now have posed a significant challenge.
Oct 3rd, 2016
Read moreSheets like graphene: Tailored chemistry links nanoparticles in stable monolayers
Just like carbon atoms in sheets of graphene, nanoparticles can form stable layers with minimal thicknesses of the diameter of a single nanoparticle.
Oct 3rd, 2016
Read moreVibrating oxides
Newly discovered phenomenon could affect materials in batteries and water-splitting devices.
Oct 3rd, 2016
Read moreTeam suggests nanoscale electronic motion sensor as DNA sequencer
Researchers have proposed a design for the first DNA sequencer based on an electronic nanosensor that can detect tiny motions as small as a single atom.
Oct 3rd, 2016
Read moreA 'nano-golf course' to precisely assemble nanoparticles
Researchers have come up with a way to position hundreds of thousands of nanoparticles very precisely on a one centimeter square surface.
Oct 3rd, 2016
Read moreNew nanosensor system can detect cocaine at low concentrations
Scientists have developed a new method to detect cocaine and mycoplasma at very low concentrations. It has been designed as an alternative for use in laboratories and is potentially more competitive than existing analysis methods.
Oct 3rd, 2016
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