A new way to hoard resources in nano-sized factories targeted for biotechnology

Scientists have created a synthetic nano-sized factory, based on natural ones found in bacteria. This research could someday lead to new medical, industrial or bioenergy applications.

Stronger graphene oxide 'paper' made with weaker units

Counterintuitive discovery is likely applicable to other 2D materials.

Solving the big problem of measuring tiny nanoparticles

Researchers have concluded that measuring the range of sizes in nanoparticles - instead of just the average particle size - is optimal for most applications.

Nanoscale 'glass' bottles could enable targeted drug delivery

Tiny silica bottles filled with medicine and a special temperature-sensitive material could be used for drug delivery to kill malignant cells only in certain parts of the body.

Nanocapsule reaches cancer that has spread to central nervous system in mice

Cancer that has spread to the central nervous system is notoriously difficult to treat. Now, researchers have developed a drug delivery system that breaks through the blood-brain barrier in order to reach and treat cancer that has spread to the central nervous system.

Thinnest optical waveguide channels light within just three layers of atoms

The work is a proof of concept for scaling down optical devices to sizes that are orders of magnitude smaller than today's devices. It could lead to the development of higher density, higher capacity photonic chips.

Researchers use new tools of data science to capture single molecules in action

New work leverages new tools from data science in order to make every photon detected count and refine our picture of molecular motion.