Extremely colorful, incredibly bright and highly multiplexed

Self-assembling reagents with tunable colors and brightness enable highly multiplexed tagging and microscopic imaging of complex samples.

Guiding brain tumor surgery with nanoprobes

Researchers have developed two pH-responsive nanoprobes to guide brain-tumor surgery via the magnetic resonance (MR) and surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) signals activated upon their self-assembly in acidic tumor extracellular fluid.

Common silver water treatments could damage DNA

Scientists are warning that a water treatment widely used in developing countries could be damaging the DNA of those drinking it.

Nano-drip by nano-drip

An experiment shows non-classical growth of crystals - the result will have implications for basic research as well as for practical applications.

Centimeter-sized objects 3D-printed with graphene foam

Nanotechnologists have used 3-D laser printing to fabricate centimeter-sized objects of atomically thin graphene.

How protons move through a fuel cell

Researchers have now succeeded in decoding the movement of hydrogen ions in crystals - a key step towards more efficient energy conversion in the hydrogen industry of tomorrow.

Making functional nanoparticle assemblies through programmable stacking

Inspired by suprabiomolecular assembly governed by stacking interactions, researchers have developed a versatile strategy to assemble nanoparticles of diverse sizes and compositions into nanoparticle pillars with tailorable internal nanoparticle configurations.

Biomimetic graphene aerogel could lead to flexible electronics

Scientists report that mimicking the structure of the 'powdery alligator-flag' plant has enabled them to make a graphene-based aerogel that meets these needs.

New nanocatalyst paves way for carbon-neutral fuel

A new efficient catalyst that converts carbon dioxide from the air into synthetic natural gas in a 'clean' process using solar energy.

Gold nanoclusters possess surprisingly high wide-spectrum antimicrobial activity

Researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to confer antimicrobial activity to gold nanoparticles, which have long been considered as inert, by way of controlling their sizes to the nanocluster range.