Nanotechnology

Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01179 Coded messages in invisible ink sound like something only found in espionage books, but in real life, they can have important security…

Scientists develop a 3D printing-compatible strategy to actuate millimeter-scale robots using genetically modified biomolecular machineryCredit: Yuichi Hiratsuka from JAIST. Ishikawa, Japan - Inside our cells, and those of the most…

Nanoplastics -- an underestimated problem?Credit: Empa/ETH Wherever scientists look, they can spot them: whether in remote mountain lakes, in Arctic sea ice, in the deep-ocean floor or in air samples, even in edible fish - thousands…

Powerful combinatorial analysis amplifies limited experimental data to find the right cement ingredients for water purificationCredit: U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior/USGS HOUSTON - Researchers have…

University of Rochester researchers combine freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid 'bug eyes'Credit: (University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw) "Image" is everything in the $20 billion market for AR/VR glasses.…

Credit: University of South Australia Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment. That's the finding from Indian and…

Credit: Dr Salvatore La Cavera Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human…

UT Dallas researcher's nanopore sequencing platform detects presence of nucleobasesCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas Nanopore technology shows promise for making it possible to develop small, portable, inexpensive…

Crystallizing salts can grow 'legs,' then tip over and fall away, potentially helping to prevent fouling of metal surfaces, researchers findCredit: Courtesy of Kripa Varanasi, Samantha McBride and Henri-Louis Girard, et al About a…

Research by the MP4MNT (Materials and Processing for Micro and Nanotechnologies) team of the Politecnico di Torino published in the journal Nature Communication The scientific community is focusing its research into the multiple…

Discovery could open new fields in quantum chemistry and technologyCredit: Chin Lab Researchers have big ideas for the potential of quantum technology, from unhackable networks to earthquake sensors. But all these things depend on a…

UC Riverside-led work could lead to better computer technologiesCredit: Barsukov lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have used a nanoscale synthetic antiferromagnet to control the…

Research conducted at UMass Amherst documents a new platform for interactive soft materialsCredit: Courtesy Hyunki Kim AMHERST Mass. - Scientists have long sought to invent materials that can respond to the external world in…

German Science Council recommends an investment of 54.2 million Euro to build the research building OPTICUMCredit: HENN German companies have shaped the optical landscape with iconic brands like Leica and Zeiss for decades.…

Credit: The University of Queensland The 'stickiness', or viscosity, of microscopic liquids can now be measured thousands of times faster than ever before, potentially leading to better understanding of living cells, disease…

Soldiers, athletes, and motorists could lead safer lives thanks to a new process that could lead to more efficient and re-useable protection from shock and impact, explosion, and vibration, according to a new study. Pressurised…

Researchers from Osaka University report a nickel phosphide nanoalloy catalyst that cooperates with its support to give high activity for the selective conversion of maltose to maltitolCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -…

Material research A team headed by Dr. Phillip M. Maffettone (currently at National Synchrotron Light Source II in Upton, USA) and Professor Andrew Cooper from the Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory at the University…

Credit: Wei Tong, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology A 3D biomaterial scaffold design to slowly release stem cells has worked to ensure implanted stem cells stick around to relieve pain and reverse arthritis…

Osaka City University discovers world's fastest exfoliation of material with potential use for photoactuator productionCredit: Osaka City University OSAKA, Japan. Look at any piece of machinery and you will see a complex network of moving…