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Scientists Develop a Microfluidic Chip to Detect COVID-19 Antibodies

Robust and widespread antibody testing has emerged as a key strategy in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 Sep 2020

Fluorescent Nanoparticles Could Help Advance Biomedical Applications

The discovery of green fluorescent protein, which is made by a jellyfish, transformed cell biology. It allowed scientists to stitch the GFP sequence to proteins from other organisms to trace their movements and interactions in living cells.

9 Jul 2020

Study Demonstrate Pathway of Uptake, Transport of Nanoplastics in Plant Root

As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments, say Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues in China.

23 Jun 2020

Tiny Tracking Devices Give an Unprecedented Peek into How Cells Change With Time

For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning of development.

27 May 2020

Fight Against COVID-19 Using Piezo Ceramics, New from PI

Testing of blood, saliva, urine or tissue samples from humans or animals to diagnose and detect diseases, like COVID-19, at an early stage, requires systems that are fast, easy to use, and widely available.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 20 May 2020

A New Approach to Transform Nanofiber Membranes into 3D Scaffolds

In the movie "Transformers," cars morph into robots, jets or a variety of machinery.

13 May 2020

Study Demonstrates Strong Binding Properties of Nanocelluloses

Tiny fibrils derived from plants have gained considerable attention. Such nanomaterials have exhibited great potential in outshining plastics, and even substituting them.

12 May 2020

Study Unravels Versatility of Cohesion Led by Nanocelluloses

Cohesion, the ability to keep things together, from the scale of nanoparticles to building sites is inherent to these nanofibrils, which can act as mortar to a nearly infinite type of particles as described in the study.

12 May 2020

Nanohybrid Material Could be Activated Against Tumor Cells in Blood

When a tumor enters in the stage of regression and the patient is considered as healed, there often remains the fear of recurrence, a disease that unfortunately has a certain incidence.

5 May 2020

New Technology to Reveal Nanoscale Architectures of Specimen Constituents

Since Robert Hooke's first description of a cell in Micrographia 350 years ago, microscopy has played an important role in understanding the rules of life.

5 May 2020