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Cilia Are Minuscule Wonders, and Scientists Are Finally Figuring Out How to Mimic Them
A new cilia-covered chip could revolutionize portable medical diagnosis
A new cilia-covered chip could revolutionize portable medical diagnosis
A wave of funding focuses on antiviral nanomaterials as COVID countermeasures
The National Nanotechnology Initiative promised a lot. It has delivered more
Gerd Binnig shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2016 for inventing the atomic force microscope. What transformative impact has this invention had on nanoscience?
Physicists attempting to unify the theories of gravity and quantum mechanics have long thought practical experiments were out of reach, but new proposals offer a chance to test the quantum nature of gravity on a tabletop...
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