Hydrogels have a network of water-attracting (hydrophilic) molecules, allowing their structure to swell substantially when exposed to water. Researchers Daisuke Nakagawa and Itsuo Hanasaki from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)...
Jan 24, 2025
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel method to enhance the precision of cancer treatment using gold nanoparticles tagged with DNA barcodes.
Jan 24, 2025
Measuring objects smaller than the wavelength of light challenges even the most sophisticated microscopes. When biologists study cellular structures just tens of nanometers wide - like the machinery that reads DNA or the channels that transport mo...
Jan 24, 2025
MIT physicists have created a new ultrathin, two-dimensional material with unusual magnetic properties that initially surprised the researchers before they went on to solve the complicated puzzle behind those properties’ emergence. As a result, th...
Jan 24, 2025
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new thermometer using atoms boosted to such high energy levels that they are a thousand times larger than normal. By monitoring how these giant “Rydberg” atoms ...
Jan 24, 2025
Penn Engineers have modified lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) — the revolutionary technology behind the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines — to not only cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) but also to target specific types of cells, including neurons. This breakthr...
Jan 24, 2025
Researchers from Penn State recently developed a portable and wireless device to simultaneously detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and vitamin C, a critical nutrient that helps bolster infection resistance, by integrating commercia...
Jan 24, 2025
Swedish material developer Graphmatech and Lithuanian filament manufacturer Filalab UAB recently introduced a new filament called C-PETG. The graphene-enriched material is described as one of the fastest ESD-safe polymer solutions on the market. D...
Jan 24, 2025
Experiments conducted at Montana State University in collaboration with Columbia University and the Honda Research Institute have resulted in the emission of single photons of light in a new type of quantum material — a feat that could lead to the...
Jan 23, 2025
Researchers from Canada's University of Ottawa, Iridian Spectral Technologies and University of Bayreuth in Germany have developed combined methods to enhance THz nonlinearities in graphene-based structures. The team's innovative methods...
Jan 23, 2025
