The genome editing technology CRISPR has emerged as a powerful new tool that can change the way we treat disease. The challenge when altering the genetics of our cells, however, is how to do it safely, effectively, and specifically targeted to the...
Mar 1, 2021
Engineered plant nanosensors and portable Raman spectroscopy will help enable sustainable practices in traditional and urban agriculture.
Mar 1, 2021
New technique might help in the development of a quantum internet The post Qubit needle detected in a haystack of nuclear spins appeared first on Physics World.
Mar 1, 2021
One of the dreams of physicists today is being able to harvest electricity back from dissipated heat. The key to this probably resides in circuits that contain single molecules. Instead of being limited to classical conductance, the thermopower ca...
Mar 1, 2021
“For decades, chemistry has been governed by two ambitions goals,” says Professor Stefan Tautz, head of the Quantum Nanoscience subinstitute at Forschungszentrum Jülich. “One of... The post Physical Chemistry Breakthrough: Ultrafast Electron Dyna...
Mar 1, 2021
Without electronics and photonics, there would be no computers, smartphones, sensors, or information and communication technologies. In the coming years, the new field of phononics may further expand these options. That field is concerned with und...
Mar 1, 2021
Researchers have found a way to study the endonuclease-driven digestion of drug-loaded DNA nanostructures in real time. As the team investigated the binding of Dox to the DNA structures in great detail, they discovered that the majority of previou...
Mar 1, 2021
Technological innovation in the last century was mainly based on the control of electrons or photons. Now, in the emerging research field of phononics, phonons or vibrations of the crystal lattice attract attention. A team showed a graphene-based ...
Mar 1, 2021
DNA nanotechnology—the research field using DNA molecules as building material—has developed rapidly during recent years and enabled the construction of increasingly complex nanostructures. DNA nanostructures, such as DNA origami, serve as an exce...
Mar 1, 2021
Findings provide insights into tunable drug delivery and new design paradigms of DNA-based drug-carriers.
Mar 1, 2021
