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Simulations reveal design rules for high-performance DNA particle motors
DNA-nano/microparticle motors are among the fastest artificial molecular motors reported to date, moving at approximately 30 nm per second. However, they are still slower than natural motor proteins (approximately 100–1,000 ...
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Nanoscale alloy redesign tackles cold brittleness for potential deep-space and deep-sea applications
Metallic materials used in extremely cold environments must maintain high strength, ductility and fracture toughness to support applications in aerospace, clean energy, superconducting systems and deep-space exploration. ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 24, 2026
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Archimedes screw inspires single-molecule motor powered by electric current
Molecular machines are regarded as the next step in miniaturization. Their models can be found in living cells, where molecular motors convert energy and generate movement. Scientists have been working for decades to artificially ...
Nanophysics
Oct 23, 2026
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Chemically modified sugars enable direct nanostructure formation
Researchers at AIST have demonstrated the synthesis of nanoporous carbonaceous materials and carbonaceous materials with layered nanostructures through a simple process involving the chemical modification of common sugars ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 23, 2026
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When computer science meets the alpaca immune system
After earning bachelor's and Ph.D. degrees in bioengineering with a focus on molecular biology, Will White, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Tufts, was pretty certain his future research would ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 23, 2026
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Gold nanoparticles unexpectedly alter process that controls electrical conductivity in organic devices
Researchers at Umea university thought gold particles would make electronic components emit more light. Instead, they discovered an unexpected effect that could be important for the future of organic electronics.
Nanophysics
Oct 23, 2026
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Supramolecular assembly opens a new route to building quantum materials
A joint research team fabricated a two-dimensional structure that exhibits properties of both the honeycomb and Kagome lattices using organic molecules. They discovered that edge states specific to topological materials (states ...
Nanophysics
Oct 22, 2026
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Amino acid stabilizes material's quantum state above room temperature
New research started with a special material that behaves unusually when it's extremely cold—135 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (minus 93 degrees Celsius), close to the most frigid temperature ever recorded in Antarctica—and ...
Nanophysics
Oct 22, 2026
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Shrinking iron films strengthens laser-driven demagnetization
From photos and videos to documents, vast amounts of data are stored on hard drives in large data centers. These devices use tiny magnetic regions whose orientation determines the information stored. But how could data be ...
Nanophysics
Oct 22, 2026
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Locusts get a sensory assist from nanomaterials—helping them detect more chemicals
Scientists have long explored the idea of using insects as our agents in the field in places where humans won't fit or survive. Imagine a cockroach in an earthquake zone, able to skitter into the rubble to map out exactly ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 20, 2026
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Supercomputer reveals how size could shape the future of nanomedicine
Scientists have long been interested in cellular nanodiscs, tiny particles made from natural cell membranes that mimic many of the functions of living cells. While previous studies demonstrated the therapeutic potential of ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 20, 2026
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Octopus-inspired patch grips skin and reveals pulse through shifting colors
It looks like a small, transparent patch with a rainbow on its surface—or for those old enough to remember, the back of a CD. The patch is the first of its kind in the world and, when combined with an ordinary smartphone ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 20, 2026
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Nanoscale tech tracks proteins inside living neurons to guide Alzheimer's and Parkinson's drug discovery
A technology developed at The University of Queensland allowing scientists to observe how disease-related proteins behave inside living neurons will be used to advance early drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases. ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 19, 2026
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Plasmonic coating on bacterial surfaces paves the way for rapid sepsis diagnosis
A research team led by senior researcher Minyoung Lee and principal researcher Sunggyu Park of the Advanced Bio and Healthcare Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), has developed ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 19, 2026
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Electrical sliding switches graphene between magnetic states
In a discovery that could offer a new way to control quantum properties in two-dimensional materials, researchers at Cornell have found that electrically sliding the layers of ultrathin graphene can switch the material between ...
Nanophysics
Oct 17, 2026
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One-step rapid syphilis test uses layered nanoparticles to detect infection earlier
Penicillin has cured syphilis cases since 1943, but symptoms of the sexually transmitted infection, known as "the great imitator," mimic many other diseases and can come and go without treatment while the infection keeps ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 16, 2026
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Tiny molecular changes, big microparticle deformation
Materials that change their shape upon exposure to light are attracting growing interest in applications such as soft robotics, microscale actuators and smart materials. However, the connection between molecular-level structural ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 16, 2026
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Real-time nanoscale imaging reveals differences in antibody access to cancer-linked proteins on tiny vesicles
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University have developed a way to observe how antibodies interact with a cancer-related protein carried on tiny membrane-bound vesicles released by ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 16, 2026
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Why tightly confined water's response to electric fields depends on direction
Using an advanced new mathematical model, a pair of physicists in Belgium has revealed the origins of an unusual, direction-dependent effect found in water confined to a narrow gap between two plates. Through research published ...
Single 2D crystal transforms into transistor with built-in insulation and electrical contacts
A transistor normally requires several fundamentally different materials—a semiconductor to carry current, an insulating dielectric to control it and metallic contacts through which current enters and leaves. Integrating ...
Nanophysics
Oct 15, 2026
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