Month: July 2020

IMAGE: Indiana University School of Medicine is leading an NIH-funded national study into diabetic foot ulcers, with the ultimate goal of decreasing amputation rates. view more  Credit: IU School of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine is leading the first study of the national Diabetic Foot Consortium sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National

IMAGE: (A) Atom maps reconstructed using 3D-APT show the distribution of each element. Iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and boron (B) are enriched (darker in colour) at the nanolayer, whereas nickel (Ni),… view more  Credit: Photo source: DOI number: 10.1126/science.abb6830 Intermetallic alloys potentially have high strength in a high-temperature environment. But they generally suffer poor ductility at

IMAGE: Designer landscape of localized light in the shape of an elephant. Guided light is molded by bouncing back and forth between two mode converters. view more  Credit: (Image courtesy of Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEAS) There are many types of light — some visible and some invisible to the human eye. For example, our eyes and

IMAGE: Illustration of subsurface infrared nanoimaging. view more  Credit: CIC nanoGUNE Researchers from the Nanooptics Group at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian) demonstrate that nanoscale infrared imaging – which is established as a surface-sensitive technique – can be employed for chemical nanoidentification of materials that are located up to 100 nm below the surface. The results further

IMAGE: Memory device, developed by USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers, shows record performance view more  Credit: (IMAGE CREDIT: XIAODONG YAN) Memory devices come in many forms. From USB sticks, to external hard-drives, to chips implanted directly into smartphones. What makes one better than another is usually a combination of new, groundbreaking materials and the novel

IMAGE: PNNL materials scientist James De Yoreo has been named a Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science. Here, he is pictured with an array… view more  Credit: Background image courtesy of the University of Washington RICHLAND, Wash.–Materials science pioneer James (Jim) De Yoreo has been named a 2020 “Distinguished Scientist

IMAGE: Changes in surface roughness (top) and modulus of elasticity (bottom) of tooth enamel exposed to popular beverages imaged by atomic force microscopy. view more  Credit: Professor Seungbum Hong, KAIST KAIST researchers used atomic force microscopy to quantitatively evaluate how acidic and sugary drinks affect human tooth enamel at the nanoscale level. This novel approach is

IMAGE: Immunofluorescence staining image of the 3D fibrotic tissue. Cancer cells (green) exist embedded within a densely fibrotic extracellular matrix (red). Cell nuclei are stained in blue. view more  Credit: © 2020 Mitsunobu R. Kano Pancreatic cancer is a life-threatening disease with very poor survival rates in patients, and–despite various efforts–its treatment remains challenging. This is

IMAGE: (a)Cell membrane perforation of living cells based on highly localized photochemical oxidation with a catalytic TiO2-functionalized AFM probe (b)Intracellular tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) imaging of molecular dynamics in living cells… view more  Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview A research group composed of Professor Takayuki Shibata and his colleagues at

Spectroscopy is the use of light to analyze physical objects and biological samples. Different kinds of light can provide different kinds of information. Vacuum ultraviolet light is useful as it can aid people in a broad range of research fields, but generation of that light has been difficult and expensive. Researchers created a new device