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Researchers Scale Up Multipurpose 2D Nanosheets

Recently, a group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of the US Department of Energy (DOE) has created a novel self-assembly technique for creating stacked 2D nanosheets as detailed in Nature.

31 Jan 2024

Queensgate Awarded Funding for Fourth Research Project with NPL

Queensgate, a brand of Prior Scientific, has won funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, for a fourth nanopositioning research project as part of Analysis for Innovators (A4I) program (Round 11).

From Queensgate Instruments Ltd 31 Jan 2024

Discovery of Co-Existing Magnetic Skyrmions and Antiskyrmions

Co-existing magnetic skyrmions and antiskyrmions of arbitrary topological charge at room temperature have been found in magnetic Co/Ni multilayer thin films by researchers from the Universities of Augsburg and Vienna.

30 Jan 2024

Researchers Develop Speedy Method for 3D Spiral Devices

A group of scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and Tohoku University have been able to conduct accurate and effective fluid manipulation in three-dimensional microscale settings.

30 Jan 2024

Specim Unveils the FX120

Specim announces its latest innovation, the Specim FX120, an advanced long-wave infrared hyperspectral camera with a full LWIR spectral range of 7.7 to 12.3 µm.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 30 Jan 2024

Implantable Neural Probe Records Single-Neuron Activity Over Time

Large-scale, long-term recordings of the activity of individual brain neurons are essential for improving our knowledge of neural circuits, developing new medical device-based treatments, and, eventually, developing brain-computer interfaces that need high-resolution electrophysiological data.

30 Jan 2024

CEA-Leti Papers at Photonics West Report Progress Towards MicroLED Bandwidth and Efficiency Improvement

CEA-Leti will present two papers on its microLED technology advances at Photonics West 2024 about making matrices of LEDs with increased data-rate density, and strategies to reduce their efficiency loss at small sizes.

30 Jan 2024

New Way to Generate Powerful and Focused X-Rays Using Electron Waveshaping

Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed and simulated a new energy-efficient way to generate highly focused and finely controlled X-rays that are up to a thousand times more intense than those from traditional methods.

30 Jan 2024

Another GaN Systems Founder, Girvan Patterson, Joins QPT as an Advisor

The second co-founder of GaN Systems, Girvan Patterson, has joined his fellow co-founder, Geoff Haynes, as an advisor at QPT.

30 Jan 2024

Scientists Boost Locusts' Smell With Light-Activated Nanoparticles

Our sensory systems are highly adaptable. A person who cannot see after turning off a light in the night slowly achieves superior power to see even small objects. Women often attain a heightened sense of smell during pregnancy. How can the same sensory system that was underperforming can also exceed the expectation based on its prior performance.

29 Jan 2024

New 2D Quantum Material Discovered

A novel 2-dimensional quantum substance has been discovered. The material is composed of atom-thin layers of cerium, silicon, and iodine (CeSiI) and is the first example of a two-dimensional material with heavy fermions.

26 Jan 2024

Developing Nanocavities for Enhanced Nanoscale Lasers and LEDs

New gadgets that enhance the interaction between photons and electrons and integrate electrical and photonic functions at the nanoscale are needed as humans enter a new age of computing.

26 Jan 2024

Universal Method Can Create a Variety of 3D Metallic and Semiconductor Nanostructures

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia University, and Stony Brook University have developed a universal method for producing a wide variety of designed metallic and semiconductor 3D nanostructures-;the potential base materials for next-generation semiconductor devices, neuromorphic computing, and advanced energy applications.

25 Jan 2024

Electric Field in Cells Stop Nanoparticles Entering Membrane

Surprisingly, the modest membranes that encapsulate the cells possess the ability to repel approaching nano-sized molecules.

24 Jan 2024

Another Step Towards Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, led by Michael Mitchell, are now breaking through the blood-brain barrier, a long-standing biological barrier.

24 Jan 2024