Development of Gold Nanoparticles That Control Osteogenic Differentiation of Stem Cells

Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) resulted from the following steps: each type of...
MIPT physicists develop ultrasensitive nanomechanical biosensor

This image shows the principle of the sensor.
NIST's 'nano-raspberries' could bear fruit in fuel cells

Colorized micrographs of platinum nanoparticles made at NIST. The raspberry color suggests the particles' corrugated shape, which offers...
Researchers Discover Electron Pairing without Superconductivity

These images show differential conductance through the quantum dot as a function of the gate...
Cheap Method to Measure Medications in Contaminated Water
Moving sector walls on the nano scale

Strontium manganite is a multiferroic, here present in a thin crystal layer. This magnified image shows the individual domains, which are...
Silica Nanoparticles Applied in Production of Drug Nanocarriers
World's smallest spirals could guard against identity theft

This is a scanning electron microscope image of a single Archimedean nanospiral.