Electricity-conducting bacteria yield secret to tiny batteries, big medical advances

Researchers reveal amazing biological 'wires' of a sort never seen before.

Magnetic nanoparticles can 'burn' cancer cells

Magnetic hyperthermia is still a highly experimental cancer treatment, but new research shows that the therapy is tunable.

Order hidden in disorder

Convergence to hyperuniformity in amorphous systems can be used to develop novel materials and study cell tissue.

Laser focus sheds light on two sources of nanoparticle formation

Supercomputer tells origin story of nanoparticle size distributions with large-scale ablation simulations.

Gas sensing threads can be woven into clothing

Equipment- and training-free textile detectors could be used in public health, workplace safety, military and rescue applications.

Nano-composition: New synthesis of catalytic nanomaterials

Scientists describe the effects which occur upon evaporation of vanadium compounds. Improvements for the development of SCR catalysts may be based on their results.

Melanin nanoparticles slow the growth of tumors

The dark skin pigment melanin protects us from the sun's damaging rays by absorbing light energy and converting it to heat. This could make it a very effective tool in tumor diagnosis and treatment.

Ushering in ultrafast cluster electronics

A new computational method can help fast track the development of tiny, ultrafast electronic devices made from small clusters of molecules.