Shining a healing light on the brain with nanoscintillators

This new treatment involves stimulation of neurons deep within the brain by means of injected nanoparticles that light up when exposed to X-rays (nanoscintillators) and would eliminate an invasive brain surgery currently in use.

Semiconductor qubits scale in two dimensions

Researchers have shown that semiconductor technology can be used to build a two-dimensional array of qubits to function as a quantum processor.

Shining light to make hydrogen

Researchers engineer light-driven bacterial factories to produce hydrogen.

Small robot swimmers that heal themselves from damage (w/video)

Researchers have developed small, swimming robots that can magnetically heal themselves on-the-fly after breaking into two or three pieces.

Fighting cancer with DNA origami

A new approach to functional and physiologically stable DNA origami for biomedical applications.

Copper foam as a highly efficient, durable filter for reusable masks and air cleaners

Researchers have transformed copper nanowires into metal foams that could be used in facemasks and air filtration systems. The foams filter efficiently, decontaminate easily for reuse and are recyclable.

Coated zinc sulfide nanoparticles are catalytically active

Scientists discovered a way to retain zinc sulfide's brilliant color and also enable its use as a catalyst; for example, to convert sunlight into usable energy.