Nanoparticle targets kidney disease for drug delivery

Researchers have engineered peptide nanoparticles to outsmart the biological system and target the kidney cells. The innovation may prove critical to addressing chronic kidney disease.

Quantum simulation reveals mobility edge in a low-dimensional disordered landscape

Scientists using an innovative quantum simulation technique have made one of the first observations of a mobility edge in a low-dimensional system.

Nanoparticles in the environment can be more hamful than we think

Researchers warn that a combination of nanoparticles and contaminants may form a cocktail that is harmful to our cells.

Nanobot pumps destroy nerve agents

Researchers have made nanobot pumps that destroy nerve agents, while simultaneously administering an antidote.

'Smart'nanotechnology brings wooden ships and artifacts back to life

Scientists report a new way to use 'smart' nanocomposites to conserve wooden artifacts.

A materials scientist's dream come true

In the 1940s, scientists first explained how materials can deform plastically by atomic-scale line defects called dislocations. Researchers have now found a way of manipulating individual dislocations directly on the atomic scale - a feat only dreamt of by materials scientists.

Once a performance barrier, material quirk could improve telecommunications

Researchers show domain walls can enhance microwave transmission.

Researchers discover link between magnetic field strength and temperature

By exploiting properties of quantum spin in crystal vacancies, researchers have attained micron-level resolution in temperature measurement.

Super-resolution microscopy: Getting even closer to the limit

By exploiting the sequence-specificity and versatility of DNA hybridization, it is possible to image the distributions of large numbers of molecules in single cells at super-resolution.