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Physicists devise method to reveal how light affects materials
Physicists developed a way to determine the electronic properties of thin gold films after they interact with light. Nature...
Jun 12, 20183 min read


Cell-like nanorobots clear bacteria and toxins from blood
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny ultrasound-powered robots that can swim through blood, removing...
Jun 11, 20183 min read


Team achieves two-electron chemical reactions using light energy, gold
Scientists are one step closer to building a carbon-recycling system that can harvest solar energy to efficiently convert CO2 and water...
May 18, 20183 min read


Doing the nano-shimmy
Imagine a single particle, only one-tenth the diameter of a bacterium, whose miniscule jiggles induce sustained vibrations in an entire...
Apr 10, 20183 min read


Designing a golden nanopill
Imagine a microscopic gold pill that could travel to a specific location in your body and deliver a drug just where it is needed. This is...
Dec 7, 20174 min read


Self-healing gold particles
Self-healing materials are able to repair autonomously defects, such as scratches, cracks or dents, and resume their original shape. For...
Sep 18, 20172 min read
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