Surgeons will soon have a powerful new tool for planning and practice with the creation of the first full-sized 3D bioprinted model of the human heart.
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3D bioprinted heart provides new tool for surgeons (w/video)

Surgeons will soon have a powerful new tool for planning and practice with the creation of the first full-sized 3D bioprinted model of the human heart.
 
 

Scientists make insta-bling at room temperature

An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature - a process that normally requires billions of years, huge amounts of pressure and super-hot temperatures.
 
 

A new understanding of ionic interactions with graphene and water

Findings could inform design of environmental technologies behind water purification processes and electric energy storage.
 
 

A DNA-based nanogel for targeted chemotherapy

Researchers have designed DNA-based nanogels that only break down and release their chemotherapeutic contents within cancer cells, minimizing the impacts on normal ones and potentially eliminating painful and uncomfortable side effects.
 
 

Metal-organic framework coating may pave way for future green fuels

Researchers have developed a new coating material for semiconductors that may create new opportunities to produce fuels in processes that combine direct sunlight with electricity.
 
 

Wafer-scale single-walled carbon nanotube membranes

Scientists have created the largest defect-free membranes reported to date that fully exploit the unique mass transport properties of carbon nanotubes as flow channels.
 
 

Metallic surfaces help molecular quantum switch

The quantum dynamics of hydrogen is central to many problems in nature, being strongly influenced by the environment in which it takes place. Scientists address hydrogen transfer within a supported molecular switch, showing that the surface support can play a decisive role in the tunneling reaction.
 
 

Spintronics advances - Controlling magnetization direction of magnetite at room temperature

Scientists develop an energy-efficient strategy to reversibly change spin orientation or magnetization direction in magnetite at room temperature.
 
 

New electronic chip delivers smarter, light-powered AI

Prototype tech shrinks AI to deliver brain-like functionality in one powerful device.
 
 

Gold nanoparticles turn the spotlight on drug candidates in cells

Researchers report a combination of alkyne tags and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) microscopy for following the dynamics of small-molecule drugs in cells.