Nanotechnology - the new alchemy

Alchemy left the mainstream centuries ago, but one of its core concepts, transmuting the elements, is experiencing a revival in nanotechnology.

Graphene-based sensor chip 200 times more sensitive than silicon

Researchers have developed a new material that can potentially replace the silicon widely used in sensor chips in appliances, paving the way for smaller and cheaper electronic products.

New design using graphene points a path to the 'ultimate' battery

Scientists have developed a working laboratory demonstrator of a lithium-oxygen battery which has very high energy density, is more than 90% efficient, and, to date, can be recharged more than 2000 times, showing how several of the problems holding back the development of these devices could be solved.

Single-agent theranostic nanoplatform offers significant new tool to fight cancer

Scientists announced an important advance in the field of cancer imaging and phototherapy, using a single-agent system that may ultimately change the efficacy of cancer surgery and treatment around the world.

Biosensor for detecting proteins made entirely of a protein

Researchers have successfully constructed a fluorescent biosensor for serum albumin by carefully connecting the two color variants of a green fluorescent protein to the antigen binding fragment of an antibody.

New catalyst features unsurpassed selectivity

A newly developed features unprecedented selectivity and a conversion rate nearly twice that of conventional catalysts.

A new study and a project to investigate bioinspired materials

Being all in one piece is not always a good strategy for resisting external strain. Biological tissues are well aware of it: they tend to crack simultaneously and gradually in several places, rather than catastrophically in one place only. This makes them particularly resistant. Researchers conducted a theoretical study that explains the mechanism underlying this phenomenon, which was experimentally observed in epithelial cell cultures.