In a global first, scientists have demonstrated that molecular robots are able to accomplish cargo delivery by employing a strategy of swarming, achieving a transport efficiency five times greater than that of single robots.
Researchers searching for candidate materials to remediate NO2 and SO2 investigated a series of MOFs that can be made from the entire family of rare-earth metals. They used computer simulations and a combination of neutron and x-ray scattering experiments to help them determine the optimal conditions for synthesizing the materials.
With microscopic, bowl-shaped hydrogel containers called 'nanovials', a research team recently demonstrated the ability to select cells based on what type they are, and which compounds - and how much of those compounds - they secrete.
Inhaled nanoparticles can cross a natural, protective barrier that normally protects fetuses, according to scientists studying factors that produce low-birth-weight babies.
Scientists show that polyhedral particles form completely different structures than spherical particles. The properties of the resulting materials, and potentially their recyclability, are also distinct.
