A sputtering step closer to cheaper solar cells

A simple, low cost technique that uses common materials could lead to significantly cheaper solar cells.

NanoFARM: Using nanoparticles to grow food

The answer to the growing, worldwide food production problem may have a tiny solution - nanoparticles, which are being explored as both fertilizers and fungicides for crops.

Researchers watch in real time as fat-encased drug nanoparticles invade skin cells

A new study describes the use of cutting-edge microscopy technology to visualize how liposomes escape from blood vessels into surrounding cells in a living mouse, offering clues that may help researchers design better drug delivery systems.

Integrated lab-on-a-chip uses smartphone to quickly detect multiple pathogens

Researchers have developed a novel platform to diagnose infectious disease at the point-of-care, using a smartphone as the detection instrument in conjunction with a test kit in the format of a credit card.

Researchers customize catalysts to boost product yields, decrease separation costs

For some crystalline catalysts, what you see on the surface is not always what you get in the bulk, according to two new studies.

Research demonstrates method to alter coherence of light

Scientists have demonstrated for the first time a method of substantially changing the spatial coherence of light.

This nanoelectronics breakthrough could lead to more efficient quantum devices

Researchers have made a breakthrough that could help your electronic devices get even smarter. Their findings, which examine electron behaviour within nanoelectronics.