As devices continue to be built on an increasingly small scale, scientists are looking toward developing ways to engineer materials at the atomic level. In a breakthrough that will contribute to...
Aug 12, 2021
The ultrathin, highly aligned carbon nanotube films first made by Rice University physicist Junichiro Kono and his students a few years ago turned out to have a surprising phenomenon waiting within: an ability to make highly capable terahertz pola...
Aug 12, 2021
When electrons are confined into very small spaces, they can exhibit unusual electrical, optical and magnetic behavior. From confining electrons in two-dimensional atomic sheet graphene—a feat that won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010—to restric...
Aug 12, 2021
Our immune system is a powerful ally to keep us safe, but there are times when it gets a little carried away and attacks things that are trying to help us. Now, researchers have developed particles called dendrimers that are covered in tiny tentac...
Aug 12, 2021
Researchers at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Physics in collaboration with colleagues from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the U.S. have uncovered a non-destructive mechanism to manipulate donor impurities within silicon using fo...
Aug 12, 2021
A biochemistry researcher from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has discovered that a nanoparticle drug delivery system can help decrease HIV/AIDS viral reservoirs present in the brain that generally lead to neurological issues.
Aug 12, 2021
At the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center (NSC) in Finland, scientists have suggested a potential drug delivery system built from gold nanoclusters to achieve targeted gastric cancer therapy.
Aug 12, 2021
AXT has furthered its commitment to the bioprinting and microfabrication communities by adding the unique UpNano portfolio of products to their range. Austrian-based UpNano develop and manufacture 3D printing systems that offer unprecedented speed...
Aug 12, 2021
Although some people say that baldness is the 'new sexy,' for those losing their hair, it can be distressing. An array of over-the-counter remedies are available, but most of them don't focus on the primary causes: oxidative stress ...
Aug 11, 2021
MIT engineers and colleagues report important new advances on a tunable metasurface, or flat optical device patterned with nanoscale structures, that they compare to a Swiss army knife while its passive predecessor can be thought of as just one to...
Aug 11, 2021
