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Electrospinning, a nanofiber fabrication method, can produce nanometer- to micrometer-diameter ceramic, polymer, and metallic fibers for tissue engineering, filtration, fuel cells and lithium batteries. To help companies design materials that are optimized for these applications, scientists are building a database that correlates electrospinning machine parameters with nanofiber properties.
Researchers have demonstrated an innovative method for creating thin films to control the emission of single photons. This advance could help create reliable light-based quantum computing and quantum key distribution for cybersecurity.
Researchers have demonstrated an innovative method for creating thin films to control the emission of single photons. This advance could help create reliable light-based quantum computing and quantum key distribution for cybersecurity.
Someday, doctors could introduce DNA nanostructures to the human body to diagnose diseases or deliver medications. But first, they must find a way to protect or repair the molecules when enzymes called nucleases degrade them. Researchers have now developed a self-repair process that could substantially extend the lifetime of DNA nanostructures.
Someday, doctors could introduce DNA nanostructures to the human body to diagnose diseases or deliver medications. But first, they must find a way to protect or repair the molecules when enzymes called nucleases degrade them. Researchers have now developed a self-repair process that could substantially extend the lifetime of DNA nanostructures.
Researchers have developed a bioabsorbable wound dressing that builds on the blood-flow-staunching properties of chitosan - a natural material widely used in commercial wound dressings - by taking them nanoscale to boost their effectiveness and impact.
Researchers have developed a bioabsorbable wound dressing that builds on the blood-flow-staunching properties of chitosan - a natural material widely used in commercial wound dressings - by taking them nanoscale to boost their effectiveness and impact.
By using a gold nanoparticle instead of an inactivated virus, scientists have safely delivered gene-editing tools in lab models of HIV and inherited blood disorders. This advance could help make gene therapy more practical by simplifying the way gene-editing instructions are delivered to cells.
By using a gold nanoparticle instead of an inactivated virus, scientists have safely delivered gene-editing tools in lab models of HIV and inherited blood disorders. This advance could help make gene therapy more practical by simplifying the way gene-editing instructions are delivered to cells.
Researchers have simplified the synthesis of a unique, nearly two-dimensional form of iron oxide with strong magnetic properties that is easy to stack atop other 2-D materials. The material, epsilon iron(III) oxide, shows promise as a building block for exotic nanoscale structures that could be useful for spintronic devices, electronic, or storage applications that take advantage of not only the charge of electrons but also their spin states.
