Nanoparticles can be found in processed food (e.g. food additives), consumer products (e.g. sunscreen) and even in medicine. While these tiny particles could have large untapped potential and novel new applications, they may have unintended and ha...
Feb 1, 2019
Julia Greer, professor of materials science, mechanics and medical engineering in Caltech's Division of Engineering and Applied Science, creates materials out of micro- and nano-scale building blocks that are arranged into sophisticated archi...
Feb 1, 2019
The rules of quantum mechanics describe how atoms and molecules act very differently from the world around us. Scientists have made progress toward teasing out these rules—essential for finding ways to make new molecules and better technology—but ...
Feb 1, 2019
Researchers have found that certain ultra-thin magnetic materials can switch from insulator to conductor under high pressure, a phenomenon that could be used in the development of next-generation electronics and memory storage devices.
Feb 1, 2019
Cells communicate with one another much like humans do. This allows organs to work synchronously, which in turn enables them to perform a remarkable range of tasks. One such means of communication is via tunneling nanotubes (TNTs). In an article p...
Feb 1, 2019
Findings caution against possible side effects of cancer nanomedicines and other common nanoparticles but paves the way for safer design and better treatment strategies.
Feb 1, 2019
Cells in the human body have the potential to communicate with each other just like how people do. This interaction enables the organs in the human body to work in a synchronized manner, which...
Feb 1, 2019
Researchers have built a sheet of nickel with nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium but four to five times lighter. Titanium is as strong as steel but about twice as light. This new material is strong as steel but ten times lighter. T...
Feb 1, 2019
A new electron microscopy method capable of detecting the minute variations in the weight of proteins at the nanoscale—while preserving the integrity of the sample—could pave the way for...
Feb 1, 2019
Ten years ago, researchers observed that dumping buckyballs—carbon molecules resembling soccer balls—onto a specific type of multilayer graphene resulted in a flat carbon nanomaterial,...
Feb 1, 2019
