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Cell & Microbiology Sep 7, 2018

New microscope technology examines cells in even greater detail

A new system capable of probing microscopic environments inside cells has been installed at the University of Exeter's Bioimaging Centre.

Analytical Chemistry Sep 4, 2018

Pandemic prevention at airports

Global air travel isn't restricted to people and goods – infectious agents, too, can make their way on board as unwelcome passengers and travel great distances within a matter of hours. In the air, the germs can spread unchecked. ...

Engineering Aug 21, 2018

Optogenetics – controlling neurons with light – may lead to cures for PTSD, Alzheimer's

Through the emerging field of optogenetics, a technology that allows genetically modified neurons in living tissue to be precisely controlled by means of light, scientists are attempting to gain a better understanding of ...

Ecology Aug 21, 2018

Sex in plants requires thrust

In a paper to be published in the September 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, the thrust produced by the microscopic organ delivering sperm cells in plants has now been measured using microfluidic technology. A team of nano and microsystems ...

Nanophysics Aug 16, 2018

Flexible color displays with microfluidics

A new study published on Microsystems and Nanoengineering by Kazuhiro Kobayashi and Hiroaki Onoe details the development of a flexible and reflective multicolor display system that does not require continued energy supply ...

Nanomaterials Aug 13, 2018

Printed electronics breakthrough could lead to flexible electronics revolution

A new form of electronics manufacturing which embeds silicon nanowires into flexible surfaces could lead to radical new forms of bendable electronics, scientists say.

Business Aug 2, 2018

Financial fruit: Apple becomes 1st trillion-dollar company

Apple has become the world's first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion, the financial fruit of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets.

Nanophysics Aug 1, 2018

Electrically tunable third-order nonlinear optical response in graphene

The research focus on 2-D materials has intensified with its potential to modulate light for superior performance and realize applications that can enhance existing technologies. Graphene, the best known 2-D material, derived ...

Materials Science Jul 18, 2018

Gold nanoparticles to find applications in hydrogen economy

An international team of scientist of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), Leibniz University Hannover (Leibniz Universität Hannover) and the Ioffe Institute report a way to improve nanocomposite ...

General Physics Jul 9, 2018

Generating electrical power from waste heat

Directly converting electrical power to heat is easy. It regularly happens in your toaster, that is, if you make toast regularly. The opposite, converting heat into electrical power, isn't so easy.

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