Superflexible aerogels are highly efficient absorbents, thermal insulators, and pressure sensors.
Aug 1, 2018
A new drug-delivery technology which uses red blood cells to shuttle nano-scale drug carriers, called RBC-hitchhiking, has been found in animal models to dramatically increase the concentration of drugs ferried precisely to selected organs,
Aug 1, 2018
The research focus on 2-D materials has intensified with its potential to modulate light for superior performance and realize applications that can enhance existing technologies. Graphene, the best known 2-D material, derived from 3-D graphite, co...
Aug 1, 2018
Growing a batch of carbon nanotubes that are all the same may not be as simple as researchers had hoped,
Aug 1, 2018
Knowing if a SIM card is present and in position is a fundamental requirement for many designs, but to include this feature can take up valuable PCB space. GCT's new Nano SIM connector with innovative card detection switch solves this issue...
Aug 1, 2018
Graphene is one of the most promising materials for advanced electronics due to its extraordinary chemical and physical properties. The interaction between the graphene lattice and light opens the way for the development of novel devices with supe...
Aug 1, 2018
Selecting the right packaging to get precious cargo from point A to point B can be a daunting task at the post office. For some time, scientists have wrestled with a similar set of questions when packaging medicine for delivery in the bloodstream:...
Aug 1, 2018
A study has revealed that the Great Pyramid of Giza can collect and concentrate electromagnetic energy. The obtained results can be considered a first step toward the further investigation of the Great Pyramid’s electromagnetic properties, said re...
Jul 31, 2018
Chemists from Ruhr-Universität Bochum have devised an innovative technique for observing, in real time, the chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles, which have a size of only...
Jul 31, 2018
Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown that it is possible to use magnetic nanoparticles to carry chemotherapy drugs into the spinal cord to treat hard-to-reach spinal tumors...
Jul 31, 2018
