Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University announce the development of self-assembling, nanoscale boxes that can be outfitted with drug molecules or smart particles, for a wide variety of applications.
The boxes can be used in medicine and manufacturing, among other fields. In medicine, chemotherapy drugs could be i... |
23 April 2012
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A group of scientists at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB) say that they were recently able to develop a method for handling benign, filamentous viruses called M13 phages. The approach enables the team to use the viral agents as structural building blocks for new materials.
The finding could have a s... |
20 October 2011
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Physicists with the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) announce that they were recently able to develop a series of micro-robots that are capable of assembling themselves into more complex structures. The small devices have a diameter of just 500 microns, or about half a millimeter... |
9 August 2011
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A group of investigators in the United States has recently demonstrated that molecules in dilute aqueous solutions tend to exhibit a high level of self-recognition. This is an amazing finding, as it hints at a type and level of intelligence previously thought reserved exclusively for biological molecules. Experts at ... |
28 April 2011
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In a development that could easily lead to the development of new treatments against common wounds, researchers managed to create a special type of polymer that can delivery cells within damaged tissues.The new material can be fashioned in the shape of a star, but researchers say that its main trait is that it's... |
18 April 2011
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Investigators from the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom, announce the development of a tiny robot made entirely out of DNA strands. Unlike other similar contraptions, the machine can be steered in any direction the researchers see fit. The innovation may enable the creation of advanced nanoscale devices in... |
18 March 2011
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In a groundbreaking new study, researchers determined that a solution containing microscale plastic particles and oil was capable of organizing itself around the curved surface of a water droplet in a wrinkle-free manner, by forming natural pleats. The technique has been used by seamstresses for centuries, for brinin... |
27 December 2010
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A collaboration of chemists based in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands has recently discovered that a new type of molecular self-replicating system can be accurately controlled by modifying the mechanical forces that are exerted onto it. The finding adds new meaning to the expression “shaken or stirred,&rd... |
19 March 2010
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Drawing inspiration from how to use a salad dressing, experts managed to create a cheap, efficient and very simple method of making solar cells that self-assembled on a variety of substrates. The new technique relies heavily on the fact that water and oil do not mix, and forces the elements of electronic components s... |
12 January 2010
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Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently announced a major breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology, when they managed to get custom-built nanoparticles of precise shapes to self-assemble in a liquid crystal medium. Getting such structures to at least interact with each other ... |
25 November 2009
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Scientists at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) announce that they recently managed to complete a new method of fabricating self-assembling nanostructures. The technology, they say, combines two different approaches, namely photolithography – the same process used in producing integrated cir... |
24 November 2009
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Many scientists in the international community believe that nanomaterials hold the key to tomorrow's technologies. They may be used in medicine, computing, electronics and environmental sciences, but one of the issues that prevents that from happening right now is the materials' inability to self-assemble, ... |
23 October 2009
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Molecular self-assembly is an important method used in molecular nanotechnology to construct objects at a microscopic scale. Using molecular self-assembly the final structure is programmed in the shape and functions groups of molecules. Self-assembly could be used in the future, to create microchips and biological ma... |
1 November 2007
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