All Nanotech

International research projects get £3.6M
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Research England has divvied up £3.6 million for eight research institutions in the UK to help fund…

Calcium ion used as micro engine
Added: 23 Aug 2019
Theoretical physicists have used the intrinsic angular momentum of a calcium ion to effectively tur…

Knowing a lot about very little
Added: 19 Aug 2019
The potential of nanomedicine to tackle many diseases is immense, but we really don’t know much abo…

Five things you learn from working in cleanrooms
Added: 19 Aug 2019
Want to avoid committing a serious faux pas before you start working in cleanrooms? That would be h…

EPSRC funds bandage sensor tech
Added: 13 Aug 2019
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has given engineers £360,000 to develop …

Advancing a technical career
Added: 12 Aug 2019
Is your team motivated, professional, adaptable, connected, and competent?

Brexit: No-deal is a bad deal for UK science
Added: 9 Aug 2019
In a video livestreamed from his desk at Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson a…

Leeds creates thinnest 2D gold
Added: 8 Aug 2019
University of Leeds scientists have claimed first fabrication of freestanding 2D gold with a sub‐na…

Game Theory: Linkage
Added: 5 Aug 2019
Games have never been more popular and in their column the newest recruits to the Lab News team, Dr…

Reproducibility comes as standard (part 2)
Added: 5 Aug 2019
Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…

Imperial develops fluorescent artificial cell
Added: 31 Jul 2019
Imperial College London has created an artificial cell that fluoresces when it detects chemical cha…

Quantum microphone measures phonons
Added: 30 Jul 2019
A quantum microphone that measures individual sound particles has the potential to create more comp…

Eye-controlled contact lenses
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Biomechanical engineers have created a robotic lens that allows the wearer to focus on an image thr…

Reproducibility comes as standard (part 1)
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…

Reproducibility crisis
Added: 23 Jul 2019
Inadequate reporting, variability in reagents and the pressure to publish all contribute to the rep…

Glorious celebration of imposters
Added: 17 Jun 2019
Ever wondered, despite all your scientific expertise, if you’ll be uncovered as a fraud? Don’t worr…

Harnessing regional strengths
Added: 17 Jun 2019
From distinctive strengths in transport innovation in the West Midlands to leadership in the life s…

Just play the game
Added: 10 Jun 2019
Games have never been more popular – but can they really help in the teaching of science? You bet y…

Innovation in data collection
Added: 5 Jun 2019
There are many examples of product enhancements using improved design and or different materials to…

Brexit bomb
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2019
In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them fee…