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Could Inhalable Sensors Offer a New Path to Early Lung Diagnosis?

Lung cancer diagnosis could soon be as simple as breathing nanoparticle sensors and then undergoing a urine test to determine whether a tumor is present, thanks to new technology developed at MIT.

8 Jan 2024

Speedy Nanostructured Meta-Imager Uses Less Power to Work

Vanderbilt University developed a front-end lens, or meta-imager, that could eventually replace conventional imaging optics in machine-vision applications. It can produce images more quickly and with less power consumption.

8 Jan 2024

Nanosurf Expands Service Offerings with Automation Software Solutions

Liestal, 18. December 2023 – Nanosurf, an established leader in high-tech engineering and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), recently announced the expansion of its services with the introduction of Nanosurf Automation...

From Nanosurf AG 8 Jan 2024

The Intricate Mysteries of Ice

Researchers have discovered a phenomenon known as premelting at temperatures significantly lower than previously believed, thanks to imaging equipment at the DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory.

8 Jan 2024

Accessible SERS Platform to Detect Different Amylin Species

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)-led research team has created an optical plasmonic tweezer-controlled Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) platform that allows for the on-and-off control of light to probe different amylin species in mixtures at the single-molecule level.

8 Jan 2024

The Process Behind Cancer Immunotherapy Triggered Intestinal Inflammation

A recent study shows a key mechanism by which anti-CTLA-4 antibodies create inflammatory toxicities during anticancer immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies: microbiota-reactive T cells cause colitis in mice harboring the microbiota of wild-caught mice after CTLA-4 blockade.

8 Jan 2024

Programmable Springs on Nanoscale: Magnetic Picosprings Usher in New Era of Micromanipulation

These "picosprings" have remarkably large and tuneable compliancy and can be controlled remotely through magnetic fields (even deep within the human body) allowing articulated motion in microrobots as well as micromanipulations well beyond the state of the art.

5 Jan 2024

HVA150 – High Voltage Accessory for Jupiter XR, Large Sample Atomic Force Microscope

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces the release of the HVA150 – high voltage accessory for the Jupiter XR atomic force microscope (AFM).

From Asylum Research - An Oxford Instruments Company 5 Jan 2024

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Releases Nanotddb High Voltage Accessory for Jupiter Xr, Large Sample Atomic Force Microscope

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research today announces the release of its new nanoscale time-dependent dielectric breakdown (nanoTDDB) high voltage accessory for the Jupiter XR atomic force microscope (AFM).

From Asylum Research - An Oxford Instruments Company 5 Jan 2024

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Releases Cypher ES Atomic Force Microscope Package for Battery Research

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research today announces the release of its new atomic force microscope (AFM) package developed for battery research, the Cypher ES Battery Edition.

From Asylum Research - An Oxford Instruments Company 5 Jan 2024

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Releases VERO, an Interferometric AFM

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces today the release of Vero, the first and only AFM with Quadrature Phase Differential Interferometry (QPDI) cantilever sensing technology.

From Asylum Research - An Oxford Instruments Company 5 Jan 2024

Assessing Enhanced Light Interaction at the Nanoscale

A study published in Light: Science & Applications demonstrates a significant advancement in an era where understanding and controlling light at the nanoscale is becoming increasingly important.

4 Jan 2024

Atomic Layer Deposition Method Reduces Use of Precious Metals

Researchers at UNIST’s Graduate School of Semiconductors Materials and Devices Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, under the direction of Professor Soo-Hyun Kim, have made significant strides toward the discovery of precisely controlled atomic layer deposition (ALD) incorporation of precious metals (Ru, Ir, Pt, and Pd).

4 Jan 2024

World’s First Graphene-Based Functional Semiconductor

The first functional semiconductor constructed from graphene, a carbon-based 2D material, has been produced by the Georgia Institute of Technology.

4 Jan 2024

Battery-Independent Fluorescent Nanosensor for Glucose Monitoring

Recently, a group of scientists created a fluorescent nanosensor that requires no batteries using single-wall carbon nanotubes and an inactive version of the enzyme glucose oxidase (GOx).

3 Jan 2024