Biological Science & Technology

A multidisciplinary group that studies the physical and chemical properties of insect wings has demonstrated the ability to reproduce the nanostructures that help cicada wings repel water and prevent bacteria...

The prototype device non-invasively detects COVID-19 in the exhaled breath of infected patients, similar to a breathalyzer test for alcohol intoxication. Few people who have undergone nasopharyngeal swabs for coronavirus...

With one of the more awe-inspiring names in the animal kingdom, the diabolical ironclad beetle is one formidable insect. Birds, lizards and rodents frequently try to make a meal of...

An artist’s depiction of a Co-LOCKR nano-device coming together on the surface of a cell that has the right combination of cell surface markers. Courtesy: UW Medicine Institute for Protein...

Courtesy: Journal of the American Chemical Society A research team led by Richard Robinson, associate professor of materials science and engineering, discovered a way to bind and stack nanoscale clusters...

Changing the makeup of a specific protein has the potential to neutralize the virus. A University at Buffalo-led research team has discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness...

They burst out of toilet bubbles, swim across drinking water, spread through coughs. Tiny infectious microbes—from the virus that causes COVID-19 to waterborne bacteria—kill millions of people around the world...

With the help of ultra-short laser pulses physicists at the University of Oldenburg study the ultra-fast processes occuring in nanomaterials after the absorption of light. Courtesy: University of Oldenburg. When...

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have unlocked new possibilities for the future development of sustainable, clean bioenergy. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows how bacterial protein ‘cages’ can...

Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That’s the idea behind a platform developed by Rice University engineers who introduced a microneedle patch for rapid...