A new spin on quantum computing: Scientists train electrons with microwaves

In what may provide a potential path to processing information in a quantum computer, researchers have switched an intrinsic property of electrons from an excited state to a relaxed state on demand using a device that served as a microwave 'tuning fork'.

Eternal 5D data storage could record the history of humankind

Scientists have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that is capable of surviving for billions of years.

Changes in shape and 'squishiness' can help drug-containing microcapsules reach tumors

Working at the intersection of polymer chemistry, nanotechnology and biomedical science, researchers are creating novel 'smart' particles that will provide controlled delivery for therapeutic drugs.

Novel cancer cell detection method improves early diagnosis

An electrical engineer has developed a novel cancer cell detection method that will improve early diagnosis through a tool that tracks cellular behavior in real time using nanotextured walls that mimic layers of body tissue.

Engineers discover a new kind of 2D semiconducting material for electronics

The semiconductor, made of the elements tin and oxygen, or tin monoxide, is a layer of 2D material only one atom thick, allowing electrical charges to move through it much faster than conventional 3D materials such as silicon.

Small clumps in the body: how nanoparticles react to proteins

Researchers have found out that the protein haemoglobin influences the aggregation of individual gold nanoparticles to form clumps.

Light used to measure the 'big stretch' in spider silk proteins

While working to improve a tool that measures the pushes and pulls sensed by proteins in living cells, biophysicists at Johns Hopkins say they?ve discovered one reason spiders? silk is so elastic: Pieces of the silk?s protein threads act like supersprings, stretching to five times their initial length.