Collagen is the fundamental building block of muscles, tissues, tendons, and ligaments in mammals. It is also widely used in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. Although scientists have a good understanding about how it behaves at the tissue-leve...
Dec 13, 2018
A recent experimental study on nanoscale collagen fibrils sheds light on reasons why collagen is such a resilient material.
Dec 13, 2018
Researchers have invented a new way to fabricate nanoscale 3D objects of nearly any shape. They can also pattern the objects with a variety of useful materials, including metals, semiconducting quantum dots, and DNA.
Dec 13, 2018
A new compound that targets a receptor within sarcoma cancer cells shrank tumors and hampered their ability to spread in mice and pigs, a study reports. The researchers conducted a multi-year, cross-disciplinary study that went from screening pote...
Dec 13, 2018
Nine other achievements are highly commended in the Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2018 The post Discovery of ‘magic-angle graphene’ that behaves like a high-temperature superconductor is <i>Physics World</i> 2018 Breakthrou...
Dec 13, 2018
MIT researchers have invented a way to fabricate nanoscale 3-D objects of nearly any shape. They can also pattern the objects with a variety of useful materials, including metals, quantum dots, and DNA.
Dec 13, 2018
It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals.
Dec 13, 2018
Complexity in nature, whether in chlorophyll or in living organisms, often results from self-assembly and is considered particularly robust. Compact clusters of elemental particles can be shown to be of practical relevance, and are found in atomic...
Dec 13, 2018
Oxford Instruments NanoScience is pleased to announce a partnership with the leading European institutions, including renowned research groups from Germany, France, Spain, Finland, and Portugal. The...
Dec 13, 2018
Scientists have found a cost-effective way to make thin, durable heating patches by using intense pulses of light to fuse tiny silver wires with polyester.
Dec 13, 2018
