A new technique, dubbed magnetogenetics, has now provided a way to control cells by combining magnetic manipulation with their their own machinery for stabilizing new extensions. Techniques like this...

Chemist Charles Lieber and his colleagues have developed a nanoscale transistor so small it can enter, probe, and communicate with cells without harming them.

Nanoscientist Charles Lieber allegedly lied about his involvement in China’s Thousand Talents Plan.

Chemist Charles Lieber and his colleagues have developed a nanoscale transistor so small it can enter, probe, and communicate with cells without harming them.

Two of the worlds biggest threats may someday be reduced by wires thousands of times thinner than a hair but capable of detecting a single virus. The specter of worldwide viral epidemics is always...

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New brain implants disguise as neurons, offering a potentially safer way to study and treat the brain

A team led by Harvard researcher Charles Lieber has for the first time succeeded in creating a device that opens the door to using tiny holes called nanopores in an electrically charged membrane to...

Why neuron-like implants could offer a better way to treat Alzheimer’s disease or post-traumatic stress disorder, control prosthetics, or even enhance cognitive abilities

Three Harvard scholars trained in chemistry and physics pursue innovative approaches and tools that address problems in neuroscience.

It's a notion that might be pulled from the pages of science-fiction novel - electronic devices that can be injected directly into the brain, or other body parts, and treat everything from neurodeg...

Scientists have, for the first, time created a type of "cyborg" tissue by embedding a three-dimensional network of functional, bio-compatible nanoscale wires into engineered human tissues.

Quantum Dots and Cells

Harvard University researchers have used quantum confinement to link optical waves to electrons, creating an electro-optical coupling sensitive enough to respond to a single photon.

Learn more about the types of Quantum Dot materials manufactured and marketed by Nanosys for the display market. Includes Heavy Metal Free Quantum Dots, Hyperion RoHS compliant Quantum Dots, Photor...

One of the more curious backwaters of biology is the study of biophotons: optical or ultraviolet photons emitted by living cells in a way that is distinct from conventional bioluminescence. Nobody is...