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Stripes in a Flowing Liquid Crystal Suggest a Route to “Chiral” Fluids

Hold your hands out in front of you, and no matter how you rotate them, it’s impossible to superimpose one over the other.

10 Jan 2024

Researchers Boost SERIA's Ultrasensitive Molecular Sensing

In a recent study published in eLight, scientists from several different universities presented a novel strategy for raising SEIRA’s sensitivity.

10 Jan 2024

Photocrosslinked Nanoparticles For More Stable Anticancer Therapy

Nanoparticles co-assembled by Fmoc-protected tyrosine and tryptophan were crosslinked by ultraviolet light irradiation in a new study from JAIST researchers in the hopes of offering a new approach to controlled anticancer therapy.

10 Jan 2024

Could Inhalable Sensors Offer a New Path to Early Lung Diagnosis?

Lung cancer diagnosis could soon be as simple as breathing nanoparticle sensors and then undergoing a urine test to determine whether a tumor is present, thanks to new technology developed at MIT.

8 Jan 2024

Speedy Nanostructured Meta-Imager Uses Less Power to Work

Vanderbilt University developed a front-end lens, or meta-imager, that could eventually replace conventional imaging optics in machine-vision applications. It can produce images more quickly and with less power consumption.

8 Jan 2024

Nanosurf Expands Service Offerings with Automation Software Solutions

Liestal, 18. December 2023 – Nanosurf, an established leader in high-tech engineering and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), recently announced the expansion of its services with the introduction of Nanosurf Automation...

From Nanosurf AG 8 Jan 2024

The Intricate Mysteries of Ice

Researchers have discovered a phenomenon known as premelting at temperatures significantly lower than previously believed, thanks to imaging equipment at the DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory.

8 Jan 2024

Accessible SERS Platform to Detect Different Amylin Species

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)-led research team has created an optical plasmonic tweezer-controlled Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) platform that allows for the on-and-off control of light to probe different amylin species in mixtures at the single-molecule level.

8 Jan 2024

The Process Behind Cancer Immunotherapy Triggered Intestinal Inflammation

A recent study shows a key mechanism by which anti-CTLA-4 antibodies create inflammatory toxicities during anticancer immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies: microbiota-reactive T cells cause colitis in mice harboring the microbiota of wild-caught mice after CTLA-4 blockade.

8 Jan 2024

Programmable Springs on Nanoscale: Magnetic Picosprings Usher in New Era of Micromanipulation

These "picosprings" have remarkably large and tuneable compliancy and can be controlled remotely through magnetic fields (even deep within the human body) allowing articulated motion in microrobots as well as micromanipulations well beyond the state of the art.

5 Jan 2024

Assessing Enhanced Light Interaction at the Nanoscale

A study published in Light: Science & Applications demonstrates a significant advancement in an era where understanding and controlling light at the nanoscale is becoming increasingly important.

4 Jan 2024

Atomic Layer Deposition Method Reduces Use of Precious Metals

Researchers at UNIST’s Graduate School of Semiconductors Materials and Devices Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, under the direction of Professor Soo-Hyun Kim, have made significant strides toward the discovery of precisely controlled atomic layer deposition (ALD) incorporation of precious metals (Ru, Ir, Pt, and Pd).

4 Jan 2024