Scientists demonstrate an optical trapping technique using nanotextured black silicon that can efficiently trap polymer chains. By adjusting the laser intensity, these 'optical tweezers' can control the florescence color emitted through ...
Feb 28, 2022
A major challenge in cancer therapy is selectively targeting cancer cells over healthy ones. A recent study by the Locher group (IMBB) describes the development of camelid single-domain antibodies (nanobodies) that selectively deliver cargo to cel...
Feb 28, 2022
The Big Picture features technology through the lens of photographers. Every month, IEEE Spectrum selects the most stunning technology images recently captured by photographers around the world. We choose images that reflect an important advance, ...
Feb 28, 2022
The Big Picture features technology through the lens of photographers.Every month, IEEE Spectrum selects the most stunning technology images recently captured by photographers around the world. We choose images that reflect an important advance, ...
Feb 28, 2022
Particles that facilitate communication from one type of cell to another could have applications in medicine and agriculture
Feb 28, 2022
Particles that facilitate communication from one type of cell to another could have applications in medicine and agriculture
Feb 28, 2022
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have created a nanofiber material that outperforms its widely used counterparts—including steel plates and Kevlar fabric—in protecting against high-speed projectile impacts.
Feb 28, 2022
Tightening a string, e.g. when tuning a guitar, makes it vibrate faster. But when strings are nano-sized, increased tension also reduces, or 'dilutes', the loss of the string's vibrational modes.
Feb 28, 2022
A team of researchers in Korea has created metal nanoparticles that are capable of significantly boosting the performance of hydrogen fuel cell catalysts by employing semiconductor manufacturing...
Feb 28, 2022
A study published in the journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences proposes a plausible modification of the most crucial formulating variables for producing PGZ-packed PLGA nanoparticles using nanoprecipitation or single emulsification-s...
Feb 28, 2022
