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Quantum Motion Raises £42 Million Investment Round Led by Bosch Ventures

Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing scale-up founded by Professor John Morton, UCL, and Professor Simon Benjamin, Oxford University, has raised over £42 million in equity funding from some of the world’s leading quantum and technology investors.

21 Feb 2023

New Paragraf Manufacturing Facility to Massively Boost Production of Graphene-Based Electronic Devices

Paragraf, the first company in the world to deliver a scalable approach to graphene electronic device manufacturing, has taken possession of a second manufacturing site in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

From Paragraf Ltd. 21 Feb 2023

Watercycle Technologies Ltd Signs Agreement with Energia Minerals Srl to Test Direct Lithium Extraction and Crystallization System on Italian Geothermal Lithium Barring Brines

Manchester based Watercycle Technologies Ltd, a deep tech company focused on developing sustainable, high-yield, low-cost, mineral extraction and water treatment systems has signed an agreement with Energia Minerals Srl, a subsidiary of ASX listed Altamin Limited, to produce lithium carbonate from Energia’s Galería EL geothermal brine projects in the Lazio Region of central Italy utilising Watercycle’s proprietary Direct Lithium Extraction and Crystallisation technology.

From Watercycle Technologies Ltd 21 Feb 2023

Engineering Silicon Nanowires to Convert Sunlight into Electricity

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed silicon nanowires that can convert sunlight into electricity by splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen gas, providing a greener alternative to fossil fuels.

20 Feb 2023

Magnetite Nanoclusters Covered in Carbon Could Boost Cancer Therapy

A near-infrared (NIR)-II-responsive carbon-coated iron oxide nanocluster has been reported recently by Professor Hui Wang collectively with Professor Wenchu Lin and associate Professor Junchao Qian from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

20 Feb 2023

SMART Researchers Develop First Nanotube Sensors Capable of Detecting and Distinguishing Gibberellin Plant Hormones

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore and their collaborators from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have developed the first ever nanosensor that can detect and distinguish gibberellins (GAs), a class of hormones in plants that are important for growth.

20 Feb 2023

Noble Metal Electrocatalysts: Benefits of Chemical Functionalization

Electrocatalysis is an interface-dominated process, in which the catalyst activity is highly related to the adsorption or desorption behaviors of the intermediates or reactants, or products on the active sites.

17 Feb 2023

Graphene Exhibits Fluid-Like Electron Flow at Nanoscale Resolution

The fluid-like movement of electrons in graphene was directly observed by physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the first time at a nanometer resolution.

17 Feb 2023

Scalable Manufacturing of Fuel-Cell Nanocatalyst for the Hydrogen Economy

A fuel cell is a type of electric power generator that can convert hydrogen gas into energy while only emitting water as waste

17 Feb 2023

Killing Cancer Cells with Novel 2D Material with Virus

When electrical impulses are applied to nanomaterials in electro-thermal treatment, cancer cells can be precisely targeted with excellent biocompatibility.

17 Feb 2023

Advancing the Next Generation of Solar Fuels with Copper “Nanograins”

Since the 1970s, scientists have known that copper has a special ability to transform carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels.

17 Feb 2023

Scientists Show How to Encode Secrets with Color

Plasmonic nanorods respond differently to light waves that move in the same direction, called polarized light. Depending on how they are positioned and how the light waves are polarized, a chiral response can occur.

By Hussain Ahmed 16 Feb 2023

Heterostructured Nanoflowers Could Improve Sodium Batteries

Transition metal sulfides have great potential for sodium storage due to their high theoretical capacity and abundance. However, low conductivity and volume expansion limit their high-rate performance and cyclic stability.

By Hussain Ahmed 16 Feb 2023

Merging Technologies to Tackle Brain Tumors

Recently, researchers at Yale University and the University of Connecticut collaborated to develop a nanoparticle-based treatment to fight glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most harmful malignancies with a high recurrence rate and poor clinical outcome.

By Dr. Priyom Bose 16 Feb 2023

Impact of Food-Derived Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Intestine

According to a new study performed by Cornell and Binghamton University, scientists have found that common metal oxide nanoparticles utilized as anti-caking and food coloring agents in the commercial ingredients industry could damage parts of the human intestine.

16 Feb 2023

Nanotechnology News

Quantum Motion Raises £42 Million Investment Round Led by Bosch Ventures

New Paragraf Manufacturing Facility to Massively Boost Production of Graphene-Based Electronic Devices

Watercycle Technologies Ltd Signs Agreement with Energia Minerals Srl to Test Direct Lithium Extraction and Crystallization System on Italian Geothermal Lithium Barring Brines

Engineering Silicon Nanowires to Convert Sunlight into Electricity

Magnetite Nanoclusters Covered in Carbon Could Boost Cancer Therapy

SMART Researchers Develop First Nanotube Sensors Capable of Detecting and Distinguishing Gibberellin Plant Hormones

Noble Metal Electrocatalysts: Benefits of Chemical Functionalization

Graphene Exhibits Fluid-Like Electron Flow at Nanoscale Resolution

Scalable Manufacturing of Fuel-Cell Nanocatalyst for the Hydrogen Economy

Killing Cancer Cells with Novel 2D Material with Virus

Advancing the Next Generation of Solar Fuels with Copper “Nanograins”

Scientists Show How to Encode Secrets with Color

Heterostructured Nanoflowers Could Improve Sodium Batteries

Merging Technologies to Tackle Brain Tumors

Impact of Food-Derived Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Intestine

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