Scientists create a cellular guillotine for studying single-cell wound repair

In an effort to understand how single cells heal, mechanical engineers have developed a microscopic guillotine that efficiently cuts cells in two. Learning more about single-cell wound repair could lead to self-healing materials and machines.

New class of 'soft' semiconductors could transform HD displays

Researchers find tunable halide perovskites could usher in new generation of optoelectronic devices.

Thwarting metastasis by breaking cancer's legs with gold nanorods

Migration halted in human carcinoma cultures in vitro via local, targeted gold nanorod photothermal therapy with NIR laser.

Ultra-compact phase modulators based on graphene plasmons

Researchers achieve light phase modulation with a footprint 30 times smaller than the light wavelength.

Novel platform uses nanoparticles to detect peanut allergies

Researchers have developed a novel platform to more accurately detect and identify the presence and severity of peanut allergies, without directly exposing patients to the allergen.

2D material's traits could send electronics research spinning in new directions

Researchers have fabricated an atomically thin material and measured its exotic and durable properties that make it a promising candidate for a budding branch of electronics known as spintronics.

Using 'sticky' nanoparticles, researchers develop strategy to boost body's cancer defenses

Scientists report on strides made in the development of a strategy to improve the immune system's detection of cancer proteins by using 'sticky' nanoparticles that are called 'antigen-capturing nanoparticles'.