Polymers to Polyhedrons

Nanoparticles covered in stringy polymers might someday form the building blocks for drug delivery systems or disease assays.

Ingenious Algae

Many of the oceans' algae have evolved natural "sunscreens" as protection from the sun's ultraviolet rays

The Whole Picture

Biologists dream of a point-and-shoot camera that can reveal details smaller than a wavelength of light in living cells.

Good Vibrations

Born of the marriage of two cutting edge techniques, a new method can image bundles of DNA strands by sensing vibrations within the molecules.

'Hole' Fiber Fights Cancer

A holey fiber may be able to plug the "holes" in the list of laser colors affordable to most scientists.

Goldilocks Proteins

Milky-white cataracts, the world's leading cause of blindness, can occur when proteins in the lens of the eye aggregate into clumps.