Researchers have demonstrated that nanoengineered biodegradable microcapsules can guide the development of hippocampal neurons in an in vitro experiment. The microcapsules deliver nerve growth factor, a peptide necessary for neuron growth.
Feb 16, 2021
Researchers detail how they developed a nano-barrier and custom-built deposition system that bonds to the surface of polymer or composite materials, protecting them from erosion in low-Earth orbit.
Feb 16, 2021
Injecting patients with a gel that would dissolve over several months could replace the need to administer daily or weekly shots. But to make this possible, researchers first had to create a Jello-like substance that could defy one of the fundamen...
Feb 16, 2021
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have demonstrated that nanoengineered biodegradable microcapsules can guide the development of hippocampal neurons in an in vitro experiment. The microcapsules deliver nerve growth factor, a peptide n...
Feb 16, 2021
A research team at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) developed a high-resolution imaging method based on extreme short-wave UV light. It can be used to examine internal structures in semiconductors non-destructively, and with nanometre ...
Feb 16, 2021
An international team of researchers reports in Nature Communications the development of a graphene-based optical modulator that proves outstanding performances in modulation efficiency, stability and high speed.
Feb 16, 2021
A team of scientists from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and Immanuel Kant Baltic State Federal University suggested using innovative thin films to considerably reduce friction and thus increase the durability of surfaces in mechan...
Feb 16, 2021
What’s not to love about a good flexible health sensor? Someday technology based on such bendable electronic tech might well replace some of those chunky wearables in the marketplace today with sleek, golden skin patches. Now, a team at the UC S...
Feb 15, 2021
Electrochemically-powered actuator is unipolar and contracts more when driven faster, unlike previous devices The post Nanotube artificial muscles pick up the pace appeared first on Physics World.
Feb 15, 2021
Researchers around the world are searching for new synthetic materials with special properties like superconductivity—that is, the conduction of electric current without resistance. These new substances are an important step in the development of ...
Feb 15, 2021
