Nature's toughest substances decoded

Engineers develop computer maps to help design shell-like platelet-matrix composites.

Programmable drug delivery platform combats diseased cells at genetic level

A new drug delivery system that uses a synthetic-biological hybrid nanocapsule could provide a smart technology for targeted treatment of a variety of serious diseases at the genetic level.

Better mastery of heat flow leads to next-generation thermal cloaks

Physicists manipulate the transfer of thermal energy as a means of reducing heat waste, using thermal camouflage tactics.

Humidity switches molecular diode off and on

An international group of scientists has developed the first switchable molecular diode. You can turn this on and off through humidity. Vice versa, it is a humidity sensor at the nanoscale.

Researchers use nanoparticles to target, kill endometrial cancer

Combination of chemotherapy and drug that forces tumor cells into lethal state shows promise for other cancers.

New nanowires are just a few atoms thick

Subnanometer-scale channels in 2-D materials could point toward future electronics, solar cells.

Cell-derived drug delivery systems

Pharmaceutical scientists have developed a cost-effective method to produce cell-derived nanovesicles for bio-inspired drug delivery applications.

Clear leads to fully transparent devices

Large-area, two-dimensional semiconductors wired through transparent oxide conductors produce high-performance see-through electronics.

Sustainable solvent platform for photon upconversion increases solar utilization efficiency

Scientists have developed a new low-cost, environmentally friendly photon upconversion platform that achieves high thermal stability using deep eutectic solvents. Deep eutectic solvents are an emerging class of solvents that are a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to ionic liquids.