Micro Drug Packaging Out of Origami

At the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, researchers have developed an origami-like technique to fold sheets of silicon and gold into 3D enclosing shapes such as the...

Measurement Issues in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with NASA, has published a white paper that details how to standardize measurements of single-walled carbon nanotubes...

Guiding Monocytes with Nanomagnets

Potentially allowing for more effective gene therapy techniques of the future, British researchers were able to inject nanomagnets into monocyte cells, and guide them toward tumor sites: Using human...

Nanodrop Test Tube for Study of Intracellular Proteins

Intracellular proteins are all naturally cramped up in the restrictive confines of the cell. So, probably the best way to study them is under similar physiological circumstances. At least that's what...