Using a chip to find better cancer fighting drugs
Researchers develop a tumor model on a device the size of a coinCredit: Kyoto University/Yokokawa Lab Japan -- Kyoto University ...
Tag: Nanotechnology/Micromachines
The Demon in the Machine is named physics book of the year in UKM
Credit: Arizona State University Paul Davies' newest book, The Demon in the Machine, takes aim at one of the great ...
No storm in a teacup — it’s a cyclone on a silicon chip
Credit: Dr. Christopher Baker University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the ...
Aarhus University opens the world’s first center for ear-EEG
Danish researchers are world leaders in brain measurement via a special device fitted in the ear like a hearing aid. ...
Honey, I shrunk Michelangelo’s David
Credit: Giorgio Ercolano, Exaddon There he is, standing upon his pedestal: David by Michelangelo. A world-?famous statue that nearly every ...
Researchers apply temperature gradients to grow and move liquid crystals
Credit: Texas A&M University Leading a double life as both solids and liquids, liquid crystals occupy center stage for creating ...
Using robots to inspect sewer pipes
Pinpoint technology turns pipe replacement from 'amputation into microsurgery'Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at ...
Injecting ‘solar cells’ into the body to regenerate brain cells
Associate Professor Menglin Chen aims to develop a new method of regenerating brain and heart cells; her method uses nanofibers ...
New cellulose-based air filter offers cost-effective low resistance
Student design wins awardCredit: Photo by K. Keel-Blackmon, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Qijun Zhang, a graduate student studying at the ...
Possible strategy for cancer treatment found in nuclear transport proteins
Credit: Mark_Kostich Shutterstock Although less often the focus of cancer research, recent studies have hinted at the possible importance of ...
SUTD scientists developed a sorting technology that isolates cells with high purity and viability
Credit: SUTD Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) is a modern cell analysis technique for quantitative detection of physiological, biochemical, immunological, ...
Creating a nanoscale on-off switch for heat
Polymer thermal regulator transforms from conductor to insulator and back againCredit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Polymers are used ...
How we transport water in our bodies inspires new water filtration method
Credit: Erik Zumalt, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin A multidisciplinary group of engineers and scientists ...
Artificial intelligence may help scientists make spray-on solar cells
Credit: UCF, Karen Norum Artificial Intelligence may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize ...
It’s always a good hair day for Leptothrix cholodnii
Researchers led by a team at the University of Tsukuba find that hair-like structures on the surface of aquatic bacterium ...
Get ready for a new periodic table
Researchers at Hebrew University combine quantum dot 'atoms' and create new 'molecules'Credit: Meirav Oded and Somnath Koley. Are you ready ...
Super-resolution photoacoustic microscopy finds clogged blood vessels
Credit: Chulhong Kim (POSTECH) 200 years ago, a doctor from France used a stethoscope for the first time and countless ...
Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter
Credit: Science Advances Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a new methodology that allows researchers to assess ...
City College leads new photonics breakthrough
Credit: ITMO University A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led ...
A self-cleaning surface that repels even the deadliest superbugs
Researchers create the ultimate non-stick coating, with medical settings and food industry in mindCredit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, ...
