Graphene has held great potential for practical applications since it was first isolated in 2004. But we still don’t use it in our large-scale technology, because we have no way of producing graphene on an industrial scale. Physicists from Leiden University have now visualized for the first time how atoms behave in between graphene and…

In nanotherapy, particles measuring between a nanometer and a micrometer are used to deliver medicines to specific locations in the body, for example to destroy tumors with far fewer side-effects than traditional chemotherapy. A recurrent problem in developing nanotherapy is that the liver often breaks down the nanoparticles prematurely. Consequently, the particles only rarely reach…