Building 'ToxAll' - a smart, self-assembling nano-vaccine to prevent toxoplasmosis

A team of researchers are developing a toolbox of self-assembling nanoparticles to be used as vaccines against infections including the parasitic Toxoplasma gondii.

Nano-thermometers could revolutionize temperature imaging

Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible and more, someday, thanks to an ambitious new project to design and build a fleet of tiny ultra-sensitive thermometers.

Researchers create a single-molecule switch - a step toward ever-smaller electronics

A team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time a single-molecule electret - a device that could be one of the keys to molecular computers.

Wearable IT devices: Dyeing process gives textiles electronic properties

In their test runs, the researchers have produced gloves that can digitally capture hand movements, a zipper that transmits different electric currents depending on the degree of opening, and sports tapes that act as user interfaces that are attached to the body.

The perfect angle for e-skin energy storage

The trick to extremely thin supercapacitors with improved performance is spraying graphene ink at an angle.

Finding the right colour to control magnets with laser pulses

Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate magnets with laser light pulses shorter than a trillionth of a second.

New virtual reality software allows scientists to 'walk' inside cells

Virtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new treatments for disease.