The Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence were established in 2005 through several phases of funding, which are reported to end next year.

Researchers injected the retinas of mice with nanoparticles that bound to photoreceptors and converted near-infrared light to green light that the animals could see.

Researchers have taken inspiration from wild silk moths to craft fibers that can transport images.

A magnetically controlled device could have applications in studies of cell biology and biophysics.

Scientists engineered biomaterials similar to those chameleons use to change color and applied them to a robot.

Researchers created a nanofibrous scaffold to see how it supports cell growth.

Researchers use DNA origami to generate tiny mechanical devices that deliver a drug that cuts off the blood supply to tumors in mice.

The year’s most impressive achievements include new methods to extend CRISPR editing, patch-clamp neurons hands-free, and analyze the contents of live cells.

The wings of black butterflies are inspiring the design of new solar-cell technology.

Autonomous molecules that collect, carry, and sort different genetic packages usher in a new era for nucleic-acid robotics. 

The mini machines treated infection somewhat better than antibiotics plus the typical proton pump inhibitor medication. 

The versatility of geometric shapes made from the nucleic acid are proving useful in a wide variety of fields from molecular computation to biology to medicine.

Will complex, folded synthetic DNA molecules one day serve as capsules to deliver drugs to cancer cells?

Scientists created the world’s tiniest molecular knot, only 192 atoms in length, using iron ions to guide the braiding process.

Chemists Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart, and Bernard Feringa are honored for their design and synthesis of molecular machines.

Science is messy. So lay it out, warts and all.

Meet some of the people featured in the May 2016 issue of The Scientist.