Nanoparticles offer large potential for brain cancer treatment

Scientists describe a small carbon nanoparticle engineered by the two labs that could both deliver chemotherapy drugs across the blood-brain barrier and mark tumor cells with fluorescence in mice. What's more, this nanoparticle is incredibly simple - made up of only one single compound.

Researchers present revolutionary light-emitting silicon

Researchers have developed an alloy with silicon that can emit light.

New 'refrigerator' super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures

Technique may enable molecule-based quantum computing.

Nanodiagnostics for early stage disease detection

Researchers used nanotechnology in biomedical diagnostics - a process called nanodiagnostics - to create a new, ultrasensitive DNA biosensor. The new sensor could potentially detect DNA-based biomarkers for early diagnosis of cancer and genetic disorders, as well as monitor patient responses to therapies.

Harnessing the power of electricity-producing bacteria for programmable biohybrids

Researchers have developed a material that enabled them to create a programmable biohybrid system that conducts electrons from electricity-producing (exoelectrogenic) bacteria.

A step ahead in the race toward ultrafast imaging of single nanoclusters

Using a combination of experimental and computational data, researchers discover paths to optimize pulses from highly intense X-ray beams.

Tracking the atomic pathways by in-situ liquid cell TEM

Technical advantages of in-situ liquid electron microscopy allow us to monitor the growth trajectory of pure metal nanoparticles in liquid media, including nucleation growth, nanorod self-assembly, and electrochemical deposition.