Researchers at the Physikalisches Institute in Germany have recently developed programmable diamond quantum nanosensors to monitor the intracellular processes that play a key role in various biological and medical applications.
By Benedette Cuffari
24 Mar 2017
Researchers around the world have successfully applied nanowires for sensor and light-emitting diode technologies.
This article looks at analyzing novel nanomaterials, using spectral analysis to characterize silicene.
Antibiotics are the most widely prescribed medicine nowadays, with many finding their way into aquatic systems and causing problems due to their non-biodegradable nature and threat to water supplies.
By Liam Critchley
9 Mar 2017
Any type of altered biological state, such as what occurs in the incidence of cancer and infectious diseases, can be detected and monitored by understanding how the specific cells are functioning over the course of the disease.
By Benedette Cuffari
10 Mar 2017
Clathrates are complex structures consisting of polyhedral cages with large pores, where the guest molecules are housed. These clathrates with complex structures are known to be formed naturally, and synthesizing such structures in laboratories has been challenging.
By Benedette Cuffari
7 Mar 2017
One of the biggest practical issues surrounding graphene is the commonplace methods that require the transfer of graphene onto an intended substrate.
By Liam Critchley
7 Mar 2017
A novel optoelectronic system has been developed that integrates 2D nanomaterials suspended in microfluids on a phototonic chip.
By James Dorrian
7 Mar 2017
Several different types of foreign molecules such as antibodies, plasmid DNA and functionalized fluorescent probes are required to be introduced into cells in various techniques involved in gene therapy and fluorescence microscopy.
Water splitting is a key step in a number of sustainable energy technologies including hydrogen production, fuel cells, and rechargeable metal-air batteries.
By Emily Nordvang
3 Mar 2017