Ultrasmall fluorescent core-shell hybrid silica nanoparticles are among the nanocarriers for therapeutics that were thought to be viable only by injection, but new research has shown the potential for their oral administration.
Nov 27, 2023
CRISPR enhanced optothermal nanotweezers represent a technological breakthrough, offering unparalleled precision in DNA targeting and detection, transforming the landscape of genetic analysis and biosensing.
Nov 27, 2023
Optothermal nanotweezers are an innovative optical design method that has revolutionized classical optical techniques to capture a broad range of nanoparticles. While the optothermal temperature field can be employed for in situ regulation of nano...
Nov 27, 2023
An international team of researchers receives over $4M to advance understanding of carbon nanotube synthesis and its potential for producing industrial materials more sustainably.
Nov 27, 2023
The GIANCE research project officially commenced on October 1st, marking a step toward addressing environmental challenges with innovative solutions.
Nov 27, 2023
Implants and tiny machines could eventually be working inside our bodies to help treat disease or monitor activity, but letting them communicate is tricky. Now scientists at EPFL have developed a system whereby devices can communicate by releasing...
Nov 27, 2023
Explore the fascinating world of nanophotonics and learn how controlling light at the nano-scale leads to breakthroughs in technology and medicine, from ultra-efficient solar panels to advanced medical diagnostics.
Nov 26, 2023
A small team of chemists from Nankai University, Nanjing Tech University and Shanxi University, all in China, working with a colleague from Universidad San Sebastián, in Chile, has, for the first time, created a fullerene-like molecule made entire...
Nov 26, 2023
There are different ideas about how quantum computers could be built. But they all have one thing in common: you use a quantum physical system—for example, individual atoms—and change their state by exposing them to very specific forces for a spec...
Nov 26, 2023
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS), University of Science and Technology of China and the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan have developed a way to induce and directly quantify spin splitting in two-dimension...
Nov 26, 2023
