Two nonconductive liquids produce a conductive film where they meet, enabling 3D-printed all-liquid wires that obey Ohm's law ...

Health care professionals use tiny particles of gold (nanoparticles) for a variety of medical applications—from diagnostic imaging to cancer treatment. Gold works well for these applications because ...

An extensive computational study by researchers from Finland's University of Jyväskylä predicts that gold nanoclusters could selectively recognize chiral biomolecules. This property may help in ...

An extensive computational study predicts that gold nanoclusters could selectively recognize chiral biomolecules. This property may help in detecting certain diseases directly from a blood sample.

This study reveals how silver-coated microrobots use photocatalysis and motion to achieve significant antibiotic degradation ...

Scientists have built atom-sized pores that act like living ion channels, opening the door to next-generation nanotech.

An international team led by researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany, has used advanced ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is building the case that aluminum, one of Earth’s most abundant metals, can match or outperform gold and silver in the field of plasmonics, the science of ...