Researchers report their success of synthesizing urchin-like nickel nanoparticles by magneto-solvothermal method. Rotated by a magnetic field, the nanoparticles' mechanical force can destroy tumor cells and achieve the same effect as a scalpe...
Jul 9, 2020
The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP), which is made by a jellyfish, transformed cell biology. It allowed scientists to stitch the GFP sequence to proteins from other organisms to trace...
Jul 9, 2020
To realize their dreams, developers must learn to tame the noise that jostles their machines’ delicate quantum bits
Jul 9, 2020
Understanding the optimal process for fabricating coupled nanocrystal solids could help researchers to improve optoelectronics devices.
Jul 9, 2020
The nanoparticle targets only leukemic cells and therefore would reduce the severe adverse effects of current treatments. The receptor for this nanoparticle is expressed in 20 types of cancer and associated with a poor prognosis, so this drug coul...
Jul 9, 2020
New technique improves nanoscale chemical imaging The post Piezoelectric feedback boosts infrared atomic force microscopy appeared first on Physics World.
Jul 8, 2020
A team of physicists and chemists has produced the first porous graphene ribbons in which specific carbon atoms in the crystal lattice are replaced with nitrogen atoms. These ribbons have semiconducting properties that make them attractive for app...
Jul 8, 2020
The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP), which is made by a jellyfish, transformed cell biology. It allowed scientists to stitch the GFP sequence to proteins from other organisms to trace their movements and interactions in living cells. ...
Jul 8, 2020
Researchers have focused the beam of an X-ray free-electron laser to 6 nanometers, closer to the diameter of a typical atom than obtained in prior work. In conjunction with the extremely brief pulses and high intensities of the laser, researchers ...
Jul 8, 2020
According to the United Nations, about one-fifth of the world's population lives in areas where water is scarce. Therefore, technologies to produce clean water from undrinkable sources, such as seawater, river or lake water, and contaminated ...
Jul 8, 2020
