New strategy results in custom “designer proteins” for sensing a variety of molecules Biosensors are powerful tools in synthetic biology for engineering metabolic pathways or con... Read more
Hold up your two hands. They are identical in structure, but mirror opposites. No matter how hard you try, they can’t be superimposed onto each other. Or, as chemists would say, they have “c... Read more
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The enormous advantages of this new technology are obvious: billion-euro manufacturing plants that are necessary for manufacturing today’s microelectronics could be a thing of the past. Scie... Read more
UCL scientists have shown how advanced computer simulations can be used to design new composite materials. Nanocomposites, which are widely used in industry, are revolutionary materials in w... Read more
Could re-ignite interest in the use of DNA-based wires and devices in the development of programmable circuits In a paper published today in Nature Nanotechnology (“Long-range charge t... Read more
An ultrasensitive biosensor made from the wonder material graphene has been used to detect molecules that indicate an increased risk of developing cancer. The biosensor has been shown to be... Read more
The emerging field of molecular electronics could take our definition of portable to the next level, enabling the construction of tiny circuits from molecular components. In these highly eff... Read more
Trapping liquid chemicals in crystals form may lead to better, safer and cheaper medicines and more environmentally-friendly chemicals for the farm A new approach for formulating the active... Read more
Nanophotonics experts at Rice University have created a unique sensor that amplifies the optical signature of molecules by about 100 billion times. Newly published tests found the device cou... Read more
Researchers at the University of Miami and the University of Ulster have created nanoparticles that can transport interacting molecules into living cells. With the continuing need for very s... Read more
The first step has been taken towards developing a nanorobot that – in the long run – will enable the targeted transport of medications in the body. A nanorobot is a popular term for molecul... Read more
Safer drugs thanks to a new solution to a 150-year-old chemistry problem? Just like gloves, molecules come in so-called left-handed and right-handed versions. Until now, however, it could be... Read more
A novel approach that could dramatically slow down the spread of HIV by sexual contact A precisely designed macromolecule that mimics the binding of HIV to immune system cells could be used... Read more
“Our measurements are a bucket of cold water for designers of molecular nanomachines” An innovative measurement method was used at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy o... Read more
Physicists from Bielefeld University have developed a new method of fabrication for ultrathin carbon membranes In the future, carbon nanomembranes are expected to be able to filter out very... Read more
