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The scientific output of the Asia–Pacific region is growing, especially in nanoscience and technology, but there is scope for greater collaboration and networking between researchers.
When involving the public in discussions about new developments in science and technology, there are important differences between nanotechnology and other areas that need to be taken into account, as Chris Toumey explains.
A new approach to making a biosensor with a field-effect transistor provides high sensitivity with simple processing by introducing a vertical nanogap into the device structure.
Bacteria are useful targeted delivery agents and nanoparticles are efficient transporters of plasmid DNA. Now, a hybrid of the two will improve strategies to transfect cells for vaccination and cancer treatment.
Water contracts when it is cooled but, unlike other liquids, it then starts to expand at temperatures a few degrees above the melting point of ice. However, a new experimental study suggests that normal behaviour returns if the water is supercooled to low enough temperatures.
