Advances in materials science and production technology have enabled bone tissue engineering (BTE) strategies that generate complex scaffolds with controlled architecture for bone repair. The novel biomaterials can be further functionalized with b...
Feb 28, 2019
Researchers report a simple, innovative and inexpensive design of a vitamin-based hybrid biocompatible nanogenerator with energy harvesting ability from various energy sources in a single device. This is the first time that inexpensive and biocomp...
Feb 28, 2019
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists who developed the approach called directed evolution, which permanently transformed protein engineering. Directed evolution imitates...
Feb 28, 2019
An innovative technique has been recently developed by researchers to study the behavior of silver nanoparticles in natural waters. This breakthrough was made by a research team from the Resolv...
Feb 28, 2019
Researchers have found a method of forming nanographenes on metal oxide surfaces.
Feb 28, 2019
Thanks to their antibacterial properties, the particles are used in many products. Their effect on the environment is largely unexplored. This is mainly due to the lack of suitable analytical methods. Researchers from the Resolv Cluster of Excell...
Feb 28, 2019
A structure comprising a molybdenum disulfide monolayer on an azobenzene substrate could be used to build a highly compactable and malleable quasi-two-dimensional transistor powered by light.
Feb 28, 2019
A new study in the journal Cell describes how UMass Medical School biochemist Gang Han, PhD, and colleagues developed technology to give night vision to mammals with a simple injection that contains nanoantennae, allowing the animals to see light ...
Feb 28, 2019
Nanostructures based on carbon are promising materials for nanoelectronics. However, to be suitable, they would often need to be formed on non-metallic surfaces, which has been a challenge -- up to now. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universit...
Feb 28, 2019
A Japan-based research team led by Kanazawa University improved the efficiency of a new type of solar cell with a double layer consisting of pure anatase and brookite, two different mineral forms of titanium oxide. Using water-solute brookite nano...
Feb 28, 2019
