Making a transparent flexible material of silk and nanotubes

Engineeers find that nanotube interactions with silk fibroins hold the key to developing flexible, degradable electronics.

Nanowire-based light detectors work like gecko ears

By structuring nanowires in a way that mimics geckos? ears, researchers have found a way to record the incoming angle of light. This technology could have applications in robotic vision, photography and augmented reality.

Tiny, pain free vaccinations - microneedles and nanoparticles

Microneedles can be used to deliver nanovaccines in a non-invasive and pain-free way and induce effective immune responses.

Scientists discover technique for manipulating magnets at nanoscale

Physicists have discovered a new way to control magnets at the nanometer scale by electric current. This breakthrough may pave the way for the next generation of energy-efficient computers and data centers.

Crystal size of organic semiconductors can be controlled using inorganic polymer micropillar-based solution shearing system

Scientists have developed an inorganic polymer micropillar-based solution shearing system to increase the crystal size of an organic semiconductor with pillar size. Using this technique, the crystallization process of organic semiconductors can be controlled precisely, and therefore large-area organic semiconductor thin film with controlled crystallinity can be fabricated.

Simple, mass production of giant vesicles using a porous silicone material

The technique involves adsorbing a lipid into a silicone porous material resembling a 'marshmallow-like gel' and then squeezing it out like a sponge by impregnating a buffer solution.