Month: November 2020

‘I’ve worked in this field for more than 10 years and have not seen anything like this.’ A new synthetic protein nanoparticle capable of slipping past the nearly impermeable blood-brain barrier in mice could deliver cancer-killing drugs directly to malignant brain tumors, new research from the University of Michigan shows. The study is the first

Even with decades of unprecedented development in computational power, the human brain still holds many advantages over modern computing technologies. Our brains are extremely efficient for many cognitive tasks and do not separate memory and computing, unlike standard computer chips. In the last decade, the new paradigm of neuromorphic computing has emerged, inspired by neural

The biggest source of untapped energy on the planet is waste heat. Laptops, PCs and tablets constantly give off heat when they operate, as do much larger industrial machines. Of all the energy humans produce, about 70% is heat that is never recaptured. What if this wasted energy could be put to use? Engineers at

IMAGE: A magnified image show neurons growing in a line along the printable bioconductive ink. view more  Credit: RMIT University Researchers have developed a neuron-growing ink that uses the body’s own electrical signals to precisely guide the growth of nerve cells. The bioconductive ink can be printed in lines to direct where neurons grow, cracking a

IMAGE: An illustration showing how highly nanostructured 3-D superconducting materials can be created based on DNA self-assembly. view more  Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY–Three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials–those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter–that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices. For example,

IMAGE: The flagellar motor is formed of a series of rings bound by proteins. The scientists looked specifically at the C-ring (blue), which is present inside the bacterial cytoplasm. The C-ring… view more  Credit: Jun Liu Nagoya University scientists in Japan and colleagues at Yale University in the US have uncovered details of how the bacterial

IMAGE: The integrated detector combines a silicon photonic chip with a silicon micro-electronics chip, yielding advanced speed in detecting quantum light view more  Credit: University of Bristol Bristol researchers have developed a tiny device that paves the way for higher performance quantum computers and quantum communications, making them significantly faster than the current state-of-the-art. Researchers from

IMAGE: Measuring how a drop of water makes contact with the grooves of a nanolithography mold to find out how worn out the mold is. view more  Credit: Jun Taniguchi, Tokyo University of Science Ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) is a manufacturing technique for producing nanostructures using UV-curable resin. One of its main advantages is its sheer

IMAGE: Collaborative research by (from left) Sriparna Bhattacharya, Prakash Parajuli and Apparao Rao has been published in the journal Advanced Science. view more  Credit: Image Credit: College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina – Groundbreaking science is often the result of true collaboration, with researchers in a variety of fields, viewpoints and experiences coming together in a

IMAGE: NMR probe (left) with miniaturized detector (right). In HiSCORE, such detectors will be combined with hyperpolarization to acquire binding processes of substance candidates. view more  Credit: (Photos: Markus Breig, KIT) Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an important tool in drug research, since it can quantify and spatially resolve binding of drugs to pathogens. So far,

The properties of synthesised magnets can be changed and controlled by charge currents as suggested by a study and simulations conducted by physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Central South University in China. In the journal “Nature Communications“, the team reports on how magnets and magnetic signals can be coupled more effectively and

The treatment of seawater, including its large-scale desalination, is a major challenge for our society. Reverse osmosis[1] is one of the most widely used techniques for the desalination of water. Some of the membranes currently used are artificial channels of water[2] inserted into lipid layers. But their large-scale performance is not satisfactory under real osmotic

IMAGE: The cartridges of an inkjet printer were filled with aqueous LiCl solutions at different concentrations. Applying these solutions to paper causes it to spontaneously fold due to the relaxation and… view more  Credit: Hiroki Shigemune in “Programming Stepwise Motility into a Sheet of Paper Using Inkjet Printing ” published in Advanced Intelligent Systems of Wiley