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Single Molecule Detection of a Cancer Biomarker
Using a nano-enhanced version of a device capable of detecting the smallest viruses in solution, researchers at the Polytechnic Institute...
Dec 5, 20162 min read


Fast, efficient sperm tails inspire nanobiotechnology
Just like workers in a factory, enzymes can create a final product more efficiently if they are stuck together in one place and pass the...
Dec 5, 20163 min read


Molecular chameleons reveal bacterial biofilms
Molecules that change colour can be used to follow in real-time how bacteria form a protective biofilm around themselves. This new...
Nov 25, 20163 min read


Bringing silicon to life
A new study is the first to show that living organisms can be persuaded to make silicon-carbon bonds--something only chemists had done...
Nov 25, 20164 min read


Scientists shrink electron gun to matchbox size
In a multi-national effort, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from DESY and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has...
Nov 23, 20163 min read


Cancer cells 'talk' to their environment, and it talks back
Interactions between an animal cell and its environment, a fibrous network called the extracellular matrix, play a critical role in cell...
Nov 23, 20162 min read
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