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A step closer to engineering artificial muscles
Elastomers, which can transform electrical energy into mechanical energy, have a wide variety of applications, i.e. powering windscreen...
May 11, 20162 min read
Nanoparticles hold promise as double-edged sword against genital herpes
An effective vaccine against the virus that causes genital herpes has evaded researchers for decades. But now, researchers from the...
Apr 28, 20163 min read
Toward dissolvable electronics for implants and sensors
Tiny electronic sensors and devices that can be implanted in the body and then dissolve almost without a trace are getting closer to...
Apr 28, 20162 min read
Physicists build 'electronic synapses' for neural networks
A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have created prototypes of “electronic synapses” based on...
Apr 22, 20164 min read
New Class of Molecular 'Lightbulbs' Illuminate MRI
Duke University researchers have taken a major step towards realizing a new form of MRI that could record biochemical reactions in the...
Mar 28, 20164 min read
DNA devices perform bio-analytical chemistry inside live cells
Some biochemistry laboratories fashion proteins into complex shapes, constructing the DNA nanotechnological equivalent of Baroque or...
Mar 26, 20164 min read
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