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Tarantula inspired material
Inspired by the hair of blue tarantulas, researchers from The University of Akron lead a team that made a structural-colored material...
Feb 9, 20172 min read


Pancreatic cancer biomarker bolsters nanoparticle-based diagnostic
Arizona State University’s Ye (Tony) Hu and his colleagues have delivered what they hope will be a double dose of good news for detecting...
Feb 8, 20173 min read


A ground-breaking method for screening the most useful nanoparticles for medicine
The use of nanoparticles—small, virus-sized elements developed under laboratory conditions—is increasingly widespread in the world of...
Feb 7, 20174 min read


Scientists invent robot made almost entirely of water
Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent, gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The bots can perform a...
Feb 2, 20174 min read


Wearable, Low-Cost Sensor to Measure Skin Hydration
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a wearable, wireless sensor that can monitor a person’s skin hydration...
Jan 31, 20173 min read


Cell-tracking agents get a boost
Rice University researchers have synthesized a new and greatly improved generation of contrast agents for tagging and real-time tracking...
Jan 31, 20173 min read
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