/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A palm-sized device developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo could help save lives and reduce illness by rapidly and inexpensively detecting toxic bacteria in water supplies. /news/2025-08-pocket-sized-device-coli-minutes.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:15:04 EDT news674824501 Babesiosis is an infectious disease that manifests like malaria and spreads like Lyme disease. Once rare in the United States, it is now becoming more prevalent, particularly in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Upper Midwest. /news/2025-08-microfluidic-platform-mimics-blood-microenvironment.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:47:08 EDT news674736413 For months, Sabrina Staples stared at a silicone chip no bigger than a postage stamp, trying to coax cells into doing something remarkable. But every time she loaded her delicate microfluidic device with cells, a single rogue bubble would sneak in, destroying the cells and the experiment. /news/2025-08-microfluidic-device-captures-blood-vessel.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:29:04 EDT news674213342 Newly developed DNA nanostructures can form flexible, fluid, and stimuli-responsive condensates without relying on chemical cross-linking, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and Chuo University, in the journal JACS Au. /news/2025-08-dna-nanostructures-mimic-molecular-chemical.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:10:06 EDT news673690201 Microrobots formed in droplets could enable precision-targeted drug delivery, improving on I.V. drug delivery that sends only 0.7% of the drug to the target tissue, according to a recent study in Science Advances, conducted through simulations at the University of Michigan and experiments at the University of Oxford. /news/2025-07-microrobots-drugs-drug-delivery.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:57:13 EDT news673196227 What if a complex material could reshape itself in response to a simple chemical signal? A team of physicists from the University of Vienna and the University of Edinburgh has shown that even small changes in pH value and thus in electric charge can shift the spatial arrangement of closed ring-shaped polymers (molecular chains)—by altering the balance between twist and writhe, two distinct modes of spatial deformation. /news/2025-07-polymer-generation-materials.html Soft Matter Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:45:36 EDT news673173931 Researchers have demonstrated that microscopic drug delivery containers can be magnetically steered to their targets, advancing the development of precision medicine for treating diseases such as cancer. /news/2025-07-precision-drug-delivery-magnetic-triggered.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:20:01 EDT news672589067 A new gene therapy delivery device could let hospital pharmacies make personalized nanomedicines to order. This democratized approach to precision medicine, as published in Frontiers in Science, could revolutionize how hospitals treat rare diseases, even in low-resource settings. /news/2025-06-gene-therapy-delivery-device-personalized.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:00:04 EDT news670068476 Blood vessels are like big-city highways; full of curves, branches, merges, and congestion. Yet for years, lab models replicated vessels like straight, simple roads. /news/2025-05-customizable-chips-mimic-real-life.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Tue, 27 May 2025 16:20:03 EDT news667581601 Chronic stress can lead to increased blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, decreased immune function, depression, and anxiety. Unfortunately, the tools we use to monitor stress are often imprecise or expensive, relying on self-reporting questionnaires and psychiatric evaluations. /news/2025-05-dental-floss-stress.html Biochemistry Polymers Mon, 26 May 2025 08:49:50 EDT news667468185 Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have developed an interface that creates "virtual sorting nanomachines" without the need to manufacture actual devices. /news/2025-05-scientists-virtual-nanomachines-electron-graphene.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Thu, 22 May 2025 11:55:03 EDT news667133701 Polymer-coated nanoparticles loaded with therapeutic drugs show significant promise for cancer treatment, including ovarian cancer. 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Brown School of Engineering and Computing at Rice University has developed an innovative artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, low-cost device that will make flow cytometry—a technique used to analyze cells or particles in a fluid using a laser beam—affordable and accessible. /news/2025-02-harnessing-gravity-microfluidic-device-rapid.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:12:04 EST news659970721 Researchers have developed a freely available droplet microfluidic component library, which promises to transform the way microfluidic devices are created. This innovation, based on low-cost rapid prototyping and electrode integration, makes it possible to fabricate microfluidic devices for under $12 each, with a full design-build-test cycle completed within a single day. The components are biocompatible, high-throughput, and capable of performing multistep workflows, such as droplet generation, sensing, sorting, and anchoring, all critical for automating microfluidic design and testing. /news/2025-02-microfluidic-component-library-enables-rapid.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:49:03 EST news659119741 Call it the science of small, but a trio of University of Florida chemical engineers have developed a lab-on-a-chip process that could make a big difference for DNA research and, ultimately, patients. /news/2025-01-microfluidic-protocol-purify-dna.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Fri, 24 Jan 2025 07:22:04 EST news656925722 An international team of scientists have discovered that soap could be important to helping our understanding of complex systems in the human body, such as lungs, and improving therapies for conditions such as respiratory distress syndrome. /news/2025-01-soap-maze-skills-secrets-human.html Soft Matter Fri, 24 Jan 2025 07:00:03 EST news656924401 The human body is a stressful place for bacteria to live. 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Many of us have undergone a PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) or ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) test within the past four years. /news/2024-09-janus-particles-rapidly-accurately-covid.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:24:57 EDT news645956693 Researchers have demonstrated a way to speed up—and potentially scale up—the process for separating particles in fluids, which can be used for studying microplastics in drinking water or even analyzing cancer cells from blood. /news/2024-08-method-microplastics-blood-analyses.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:14:03 EDT news642935641 In a study published in Device has reported a new self-powered electrostatic tweezer that offers superior accumulation and tunability of triboelectric charges, enabling unprecedented flexibility and adaptability for manipulating objects in various working scenarios. 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In many cases, a recall will come too late to keep some people from getting ill. /news/2024-06-3d-chip-sensor-foodborne-pathogens.html Analytical Chemistry Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:00:01 EDT news638515118 Drug delivery researchers at Oregon State University have developed a device with the potential to improve gene therapy for patients with inherited lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis. /news/2024-05-nanoparticle-microfluidic-platform-delivery-gene.html Bio & Medicine Tue, 07 May 2024 10:14:52 EDT news634295687 When you need to measure white blood cell counts, it usually involves trips to clinics and expensive equipment for analysis. Likewise, checking water quality for contaminants can be a lengthy process. /news/2024-03-blood-paper-analytical-devices-easily.html Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:43:06 EDT news630837781 Scaling down single-cell reactions to the nanoliter level is critical to minimize the risk of contamination, increase reaction efficiency, and reduce costs. Researchers from the Single-cell Center of the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a centrifugally driven system for precise manipulation of nanoliter liquids in single-cell analysis, suitable for conventional biological laboratories. /news/2024-03-user-friendly-method-cell-reactions.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:41:03 EDT news630330061 Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed a coin-sized chip that can directly isolate blood plasma from a tube of blood in just 30 minutes, which is more convenient and user-friendly as compared to the current gold standard, multi-step centrifugation process. /news/2024-03-scientists-coin-sized-device-rapidly.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:14:14 EDT news630238449