Nanoparticle-based gadolinium contrast agents to improve the safety of MRIs.
Micro-/Nanotechnology
A Powerful Lightweight Battery Comes Closer to Reality
A research team has invented a new coating that could finally make safe and long lasting lightweight lithium metal batteries.
Liquid-Metal-Driven Micromachines for the Next Cutting-edge Technology
Is the T-1000 no longer science fiction?
Protein Biohybrids as a Toolkit for New Materials
Protein capsids are specialized and versatile natural macromolecules with exceptional properties. These materials have numerous potential applications, including catalysis and drug delivery.
Not a Stretch: Flexible Hydrogels with Structural Color
New hydrogels from magnetic photonic crystal units combine the advantages of structural colour and the flexibility needed for biological applications.
Self-sorting of Colloidal Particles Triggered by Light
Complex self-sorting, as seen in nature, is mimicked here using a non-invasive light-triggered system to induce self-sorting of colloidal nanoparticles.
Cleaning Up After Fast Fashion
A green, renewable, and environmentally friendly strategy to remove toxic dye from wastewater.
Superhydrophobic Coatings from Beeswax
Reseachers from the Italian Institute of Tecnhnology present their superhydrophobic coating from beeswax.
The Faerie Queen of Chiral Nanomaterials
If we shadows have offended…
Digging Holes in Biofilm
Nanoparticles can be used to destroy a common bacterial defense mechanism.
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