A new synthetic protein nanoparticle capable of slipping past the nearly impermeable blood-brain barrier in mice could deliver cancer-killing drugs directly to malignant brain tumors, new research from the University of Michigan shows.
Nov 10, 2020
A team at Aalto University has used bacteria to produce intricately designed three-dimensional objects made of nanocellulose. With their technique, the researchers are able to guide the growth of bacterial colonies through the use of strongly wate...
Nov 10, 2020
When plants perform movements, such as curling their leaves or twisting their stems, they do so by drawing water into the cellulose fibers in that part of their "body." Scientists have now replicated that technique to produce self-foldin...
Nov 9, 2020
As progress in traditional computing slows, new forms of computing are coming to the forefront.
Nov 9, 2020
Researchers have developed a tiny device that paves the way for higher performance quantum computers and quantum communications, making them significantly faster than the current... The post Super-Fast Quantum Light Detector Paves Way for Higher ...
Nov 9, 2020
Physicists observed reef-forming corals at the nanoscale and identified how they create their skeletons. The results provide an explanation for how corals are resistant to acidifying oceans and suggest that controlling water temperature, not acidi...
Nov 9, 2020
Sometimes combinations of different things produce effects that no one expects, such as when completely new properties appear that the two combined parts do not have on their own. Dr. Libor Šmejkal from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) fo...
Nov 9, 2020
A technology called “fully homomorphic encryption” is so secure that even future quantum computers won’t be able to crack it.
Nov 9, 2020
Researchers have developed a tiny device that paves the way for higher performance quantum computers and quantum communications, making them significantly faster than the current state-of-the-art.
Nov 9, 2020
Researchers have shown that nanoparticles could be used to deliver drugs to the brain to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
Nov 9, 2020
