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Ultrafast Compression Offers New Way to Get Macromolecules into Cells | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

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

Nanopatterning holograms onto commercial contact lenses

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

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

Energy-saving windows made from common glass and cheap nanocrystals

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

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 simple method etches patterns at the atomic scale

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

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 simple method etches patterns at the atomic scale

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A precise, chemical-free method for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers has now been developed.

Apr 26, 2018

Punching holes in graphene to boost hydrogen production

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

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

Novel technique achieves 32-fold increase in nanometric bactericide's activity

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

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

Multiple electromagnetic responses from accordion-like plasmonic nanorods

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

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

Researchers identify promising delivery method for immunotherapy combination

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

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

Rabies trick could help treat Parkinson's disease

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

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

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