A natural human enzyme can biodegrade graphene, scientists from the Graphene Flagship have announced. Degradation of pristine graphene occurs in the human body when interacting with a natura... Read more
Deleting a single gene from mosquitoes can make them highly resistant to the malaria parasite and thus much less likely to transmit the parasite to humans, according to a new paper from scie... Read more
Rewarded with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016, nanomachines provide mechanical work on the smallest of scales. Yet at such small dimensions, molecular motors can complete this work in onl... Read more
The toxic and expensive phosphors used widely in fluorescent lighting could be eliminated thanks to a new study conducted by a materials scientist at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).... Read more
Viruses are able to redirect the functioning of cells in order to infect them. Inspired by their mode of action, scientists from the CNRS and Université de Strasbourg have designed a “... Read more
This spectacular discovery may lead to radically new magnetic field sensors, for smartphones for example. Researchers of MESA+, the research institute for nanotechnology of the University of... Read more
This discovery opens up perspectives for a multitude of applications in robotics For the first time, an assembly of thousands of nano-machines capable of producing a coordinated contraction... Read more