By treating living cells like tiny absorbent sponges, researchers have developed a potentially new way to introduce molecules and therapeutic genes into human cells. Bioengineering and Bioscience Electronics and Nanotechn...
Apr 30, 2018
Researchers report a new a method to produce optical nanostructures on commercial contact lenses. This method aids in functionalizing and nanotexturing an of the shelf, commercial contact lens. This adds to the trend of the humble contact lens, wi...
Apr 30, 2018
One of the main challenges for energy efficient technologies is to lower their cost by making cheap energy-efficient materials and devices by preferably using green manufacturing technologies. For example, commercial infrared-blocking windows, bot...
Apr 27, 2018
A precise, chemical-free method for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers has been developed by a team from Penn State and Southwest Jiaotong University and Tsinghua University in China.
Apr 26, 2018
A precise, chemical-free method for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers has now been developed.
Apr 26, 2018
Researchers may have brought the renewable energy future one step closer. A new electrode can accomplish the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acidic conditions, making the technology both cheaper and more effective. The process is helped by a ...
Apr 26, 2018
In recent decades, research groups in the field of materials science have invested time and resources to answer the following question: Is it possible to develop new techniques to produce silver particles on a nanometric scale (i.e., one billionth...
Apr 26, 2018
Well-defined complex nanostructures for metamaterials with unique optical properties - such as negative refractive index, strong artificial optical activity and perfect absorption - are usually prepared by top-down approaches, including direct las...
Apr 26, 2018
Using nanoparticles to bind molecules that can unleash and stimulate immune cells, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found they could more effectively trigger the body's defenses system against cancer ...
Apr 25, 2018
The rabies virus wreaks havoc on the brain, triggering psychosis and death. To get where it needs to go, the virus must first trick the nervous system and cross the blood brain barrier—a process that makes it of interest in drug design. Now, scien...
Apr 25, 2018
