Orally administered vaccine can protect millions from hepatitis B. Oral vaccines are both safer and less expensive than injections. Therefore, researchers are continuously pursuing ways to produce an oral vaccine that is sufficiently effective. No...
May 3, 2019
The development of a novel, non-invasive technique that uses quantum light to measure temperature at the nanoscale will have immediate applications for both industry and fundamental scientific research, scientists say.
May 3, 2019
In an article published in the SPIE Journal of Nanophotonics (JNP), researchers from a collaboration of three labs in Mexico demonstrate an innovative nanodevice for harvesting solar energy. The paper, 'Thermoelectric efficiency optimization ...
May 3, 2019
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the creation of a beam of nanodroplets capable of delivering a variety of biological samples, from cell organelles to single proteins, virtually free from any contaminations, to the focus of an X-r...
May 3, 2019
EPFL physicists have developed a method based on the principles of holograms to capture 3D images of objects beyond the reach of light.
May 3, 2019
In a paper published May 3 in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Washington, the US Naval Research Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced that they can use extremely high pressure and temperature to intr...
May 3, 2019
Thorlabs will acquire Columbia, S.C.-based Cirtemo LLC, including its two unique technologies, multivariate optical elements for spectroscopic chemical analysis, and nanopatterning tools used to “3D print” photolithography masks using nanoparticle...
May 2, 2019
Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in two, changing its intensity or altering the direction of its electric field.
May 2, 2019
Nanopillars shape light precisely for practical applications.
May 2, 2019
For emerging wearable tech to advance, it needs improved power sources. Now researchers have provided a potential solution via crumpled carbon nanotube forests, or CNT forests.
May 2, 2019
