/ 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. Scientists at the Department of Applied Â鶹ÒùÔºics II of the University of Malaga have participated in the design of a new technology that controls fluids and particles in three dimensions through virtual thermal barriers generated using light. /news/2025-09-driven-thermal-barriers-fluid-dimensions.html Optics & Photonics Soft Matter Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:57:03 EDT news678020221 A research team at the Terasaki Institute, led by Dr. Vadim Jucaud in collaboration with Dr. Jing Yong Ye from the University of Texas San Antonio, has developed a new microfluidic-based biosensing platform that allows monitoring cellular secretion of monoclonal antibody in real time. This approach can make monoclonal antibody production more efficient, ultimately lowering manufacturing costs so these important biotherapeutics become more accessible to patients. /news/2025-09-free-biosensing-platform-advances-monoclonal.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:40:03 EDT news677846401 Researchers have discovered a novel criterion for sorting particles in microfluidic channels, paving the way for advancements in disease diagnostics and liquid biopsies. Using the supercomputer "Fugaku," a joint team from the University of Osaka, Kansai University and Okayama University revealed that soft particles, like biological cells, exhibit unique focusing patterns compared to rigid particles. /news/2025-09-supercomputer-unveils-cell-principle-microfluidic.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:31:30 EDT news677773881 Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has revolutionized modern biology, allowing scientists to study the expression of genes from thousands of individual cells at the same time. This technique helps researchers identify different cell populations, study cellular heterogeneity, and understand gene expression dynamics in complex tissues. /news/2025-09-stealth-multiplets-cell.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:20:05 EDT news677168093 Plant stem cells are crucial for the world's food supply, animal feed, and fuel production. They lay the foundation for how plants grow. Yet, much about these mysterious building blocks remains unknown. Previous analyses have failed to locate many of the important genes that regulate how these cells function. /news/2025-09-stem-cell-arabidopsis-maize-reveal.html Molecular & Computational biology Agriculture Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:15:03 EDT news677164501 Many advances in medicine and drug development were possible owing to flow cytometry, a single-cell analysis technique that analyzes cells using the emitted fluorescence of their chemical tags while passing through a laser beam. Most flow cytometers possess a microfluidic channel, a small channel that regulates the flow of fluorescently tagged analytes. Flow cytometry enables quick single-cell counting and analysis, making it a cornerstone of modern biomedical research. /news/2025-09-adjustable-microchannel-height-boosts-sensitivity.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:53:54 EDT news676810428 If you pull an ice core from the outer edges of the Arctic polar cap, you might spot what looks like a faint line of dirt. Those are diatoms—single-celled algae with outer walls made of glass. Their presence in ice isn't new, but because they seemed trapped and dormant, few bothered to study them. /news/2025-09-scientists-uncover-extreme-life-arctic.html Ecology Cell & Microbiology Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:20:05 EDT news676716325 Researchers at Penn State demonstrate the first steps in the design of tiny particles that can perform specialized tasks, such as targeted delivery of drugs or other cargo. /news/2025-09-nanobots-play-leader-chemical-trails.html Bio & Medicine Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:29:04 EDT news676715341 With pollution levels rising, the need to quickly check water quality has become more urgent than ever. Traditional monitoring systems often rely on expensive bulky equipment with operational difficulty, making them impractical in remote areas or in places with limited resources. /news/2025-09-powered-pollution-sensor-toxic-amines.html Analytical Chemistry Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:26:03 EDT news676643161 A new era is beginning where it's possible to precisely assess the body's health status using only sweat instead of blood tests. A KAIST research team has now developed a smart patch that can precisely observe internal changes through sweat when simply attached to the body. This is expected to greatly contribute to the advancement of chronic disease management and personalized health care technologies. /news/2025-09-smart-patch-blood.html Bio & Medicine Nanophysics Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:01:04 EDT news676540861 Dr. Seunghak Lee, Jaeshik Chung, and Sang Hyun Kim of the Water Resources Cycle Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) observed how oil and water interact in porous media under various conditions using a microfluidic system that allows precise observation of microscopic fluid flows. /news/2025-09-microfluidics-hydrophilic-surfaces-retain-oil.html Earth Sciences Environment Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:20:04 EDT news676210653 In turbulent fluids, mixing of the components happens easily. However, in more viscous fluids such as those enclosed within cellular compartments, the intermixing of particles and molecules is much more challenging. As time also plays a role in such systems, the slow mixing by molecular movement is typically not sufficient and efficient stirring strategies are thus required to maintain functionality. /news/2025-09-microscale-turbulence-scientists-limits-erasure.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Soft Matter Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:23:03 EDT news675948182 Liquids can provide some especially tricky challenges for space travelers, but new research from the University of Mississippi could help engineer smarter, more efficient fluid control in zero- and low-gravity environments. /news/2025-08-tiny-big-impact-fluid-space.html Soft Matter Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:40:01 EDT news675351028 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 In a discovery that could broaden access to next-generation biologic medicines and vaccines, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have engineered polymer-based nanoparticles that form with a simple temperature shift—no harsh chemicals, no specialized equipment, and no processing needed. /news/2025-08-nanoparticles-room-temperature-vaccine-delivery.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 07 Aug 2025 08:25:04 EDT news673773901 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 at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world's simplest artificial cell capable of chemical navigation, migrating toward specific substances like living cells do. /news/2025-07-scientists-artificial-cell-capable-environment.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:00:01 EDT news672556854 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 Researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering have developed a new method for creating microscopic drug delivery capsules that addresses a fundamental challenge in pharmaceutical manufacturing. /news/2025-07-scalable-method-precise-drug-delivery.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:20:02 EDT news672409109 Nanoparticles—the tiniest building blocks of our world—are constantly in motion, bouncing, shifting, and drifting in unpredictable paths shaped by invisible forces and random environmental fluctuations. /news/2025-07-ai-tool-deciphers-mysteries-nanoparticle.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:23:31 EDT news671786606 A new microchip invented by Scripps Research scientists can reveal how a person's antibodies interact with viruses—using just a drop of blood. The technology offers researchers faster, clearer insights that could help accelerate vaccine development and antibody discovery. /news/2025-07-antibody-chip-vaccine-revealing-hidden.html Biotechnology Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:10:21 EDT news671469016 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 When two organisms live together so closely that they merge into a functional unit, this is known as symbiosis. In the "1+1=1" project, an international, interdisciplinary research team is investigating how synthetic symbiosis between microorganisms can be created in a targeted manner—and what this reveals about the formation of complex cell structures. /news/2025-05-paramecium-cyanobacterium.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Mon, 12 May 2025 10:45:09 EDT news666265504 Polymer-coated nanoparticles loaded with therapeutic drugs show significant promise for cancer treatment, including ovarian cancer. These particles can be targeted directly to tumors, where they release their payload while avoiding many of the side effects of traditional chemotherapy. /news/2025-04-mass-nanoparticles-cancer-drugs-tumors.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:41:04 EDT news662902861 Researchers from Hanyang University have developed an innovative micropillar array capable of collective and rapid magnetic oscillations, demonstrating strong potential for advanced applications in robotics, fluid transport, and dynamic surface control. /news/2025-04-synchronized-magnetic-oscillations-enable-micropillar.html Nanomaterials Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:07:04 EDT news662814421