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Bacterial Protein Cages Used as Nanoscale Bioreactors to Produce Hydrogen

A group of scientists from the University of Liverpool has revealed new possibilities for the upcoming development of clean, sustainable bioenergy.

4 Nov 2020

Rice Researchers Expand Theory on Converting Graphene into 2D Diamond

Marrying two layers of graphene is an easy route to the blissful formation of nanoscale diamond, but sometimes thicker is better.

2 Nov 2020

Researchers Suggest New Way for Making Graphene-Based Nanodiamond

An easy way to form nanoscale diamonds would be to combine two layers of graphene but, at times, thicker can turn out to be better.

30 Oct 2020

New Nanomedicine Approach Could Improve Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccine

Researchers led by the University at Buffalo (UB) have devised a new method that could enhance the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that is responsible for causing COVID-19.

29 Oct 2020

New Artificial Cell on a Chip Based on Microfluidic Technology

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking biochemical reaction cascades in cells.

29 Oct 2020

Novel Nanomedicine Approach Could be Key for COVID-19 Vaccine

A University at Buffalo-led research team has discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19.

29 Oct 2020

Microfluidizer Enables Scalable Production of High Conductivity Carbon Nanotubes

Analytik reports on pioneering work undertaken by Professor Welland’s group at the Nanoscience Centre in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge (UK) using a LM20 Microfluidizer to help produce high conductivity carbon nanotube films.

From Analytik Ltd 29 Oct 2020

Study Illustrates Paradox Behind Quantum Forces in Nanodevices

A group of researchers at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) have come up with a new method to illustrate the interaction of metals with electromagnetic fluctuations (i.e., with random bursts of magnetic and electric fields).

28 Oct 2020

New Turnkey Tabletop System for Fast, Precise Hall Measurement and Analysis

The new MeasureReady™ FastHall™ Station from Lake Shore Cryotronics is a fully integrated, high-precision tabletop measurement system

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 28 Oct 2020

Gold Nanotubes Could be Used to Treat Asbestos-Related Cancers

Gold nanotubes - tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair - could be used to treat mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, according to a team of researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Leeds.

27 Oct 2020

New Protocol to Accurately Assess Immune Properties of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles

Therapeutic nucleic acids - lab-created segments of DNA or RNA, designed be used to block or modify genes, control gene expression or regulate other cellular processes - are a promising but still emerging area of biomedical treatment, with several drugs already in use and many more in trials.

27 Oct 2020

Rice Gears Up for Second International Nanocar Race with New Single-Molecule Racecars

Nanomechanics at Rice University and the University of Houston are getting ready to rev their engines for the second international Nanocar Race.

27 Oct 2020

Scientists Synthesize Graphene Nanoribbons that Could Advance Quantum Devices

An international multi-institution team of scientists has synthesized graphene nanoribbons - ultrathin strips of carbon atoms - on a titanium dioxide surface using an atomically precise method that removes a barrier for custom-designed carbon nanostructures required for quantum information sciences.

27 Oct 2020

New Nanocatalyst can Convert Greenhouse Gases into Hydrogen

Researchers have created a new nanocatalyst that can be used to recycle major greenhouse gases, such as methane and carbon dioxide, into extremely valuable hydrogen gas.

27 Oct 2020

Multi-Experiment Flow System for Reaction Optimisation

The FlowSyn Multi-X from Uniqsis takes the drudgery out of reaction optimisation - effortlessly converting your batch chemistry methods to more efficient, higher yielding flow chemistry protocols.

27 Oct 2020