Oil spills and industrial discharge can contaminate water with greasy substances. Although it's true that oil and water don't mix, separating and recovering each component can still be challenging. Now, researchers have created sponges m...
Oct 24, 2018
Halloween is just around the corner, and some people will celebrate by watching scary movies about brain-eating zombies. But even more frightening are real-life parasites that feed on the human brain, and they can be harder to kill than their horr...
Oct 24, 2018
While stem cells have the most therapeutic potential, the benefits of regenerative medicine may best be mobilised using extracellular vesicles (EVs), also known in the past as 'cellular dust'. A team of researchers have tested these vesi...
Oct 24, 2018
This world-first nanophotonic device, unveiled in Nature Communications, encodes more data and processes it much faster than conventional fiber optics by using a special form of 'twisted' light.
Oct 24, 2018
3D-printing technique could lead to revolution in fabrication of supercapacitors
Oct 23, 2018
3D-printing technique could lead to revolution in fabrication of supercapacitors
Oct 23, 2018
In the last half-century, laser technology has grown into a multi-billion-dollar global industry and has been used in everything from optical-disk drives and barcode scanners to surgical and welding equipment.
Oct 23, 2018
Lasers are poised to take another step forward. Researchers have been able to control the direction of a laser's output beam by applying external voltage.
Oct 23, 2018
Scientists have developed a nanodevice to deliver immunotherapy without side effects to treat triple-negative breast cancer. Inserted straight into a tumor, this device makes it possible to deliver a one-time, sustained-release dose that would eli...
Oct 23, 2018
Researchers find optimal polymer coating to preserve nanoparticles.
Oct 23, 2018
