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Using simple components such as oil, salt water, lipids and proteins, plus routine genetic engineering techniques, it is possible to create simple nanofluidic circuits.
Inspired by the feet of the gecko lizard, researchers have tweaked a conventional plasma etching chamber so that it can make reusable adhesives that could have applications in the semiconductor industry.
Mice inhaling low levels of multiwalled carbon nanotubes show suppressed immune function. New studies suggest that this suppression originates from signals in the lungs.
A new approach to making battery electrodes with the help of genetically engineered viruses could reduce costs and improve environmental sustainability.
An all-optical chip-based method has been used to actuate and detect the motion of silicon nanocantilevers. Multiplexed read-out has also been demonstrated.
Electrons in ultraclean carbon nanotubes can tunnel through barriers in a way not previously observed for particles with mass in condensed-matter physics experiments.
Experiments with a new three-dimensional model of liver tissue find that the toxic effects of nanoparticles are reduced when compared with tests that use two-dimensional models.
Protein-based membranes can cope with water fluxes much higher than those that can be handled by commercial membranes with similar rejection properties.
Experiments on single-crystal nanobeams have revealed several new aspects of a phenomenon that has puzzled physicists for decades — the metal–insulator transition in vanadium dioxide.
Semiconductor nanowires need to be doped before they can be used for many applications, but this process is not well understood. A laser-based approach has now shed new light on the doping of nanowires.
An atomic force microscope has been used to create nanoscale field-effect transistors and other electronic devices at the interface between two different oxide materials.
A rigid molecule that changes shape when exposed to light can be used to explore the influence of mechanical force on chemical reactions involving small functional groups.
A three-dimensional assay based on genetically engineered viral nanoparticles and nickel nanohairs can detect much lower levels of protein markers associated with heart attacks than conventional assays.
