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$Rigaku Launches New Curved Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Detector with Smaller Form Factor$

Rigaku Launches New Curved Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Detector with Smaller Form Factor

Rigaku HyPix-Arc 100° Curved Photon Counting X-ray Detector

From Rigaku Corporation 19 Nov 2020

Nanoscale Building Method Could Power Anti-Counterfeiting Tools

Scientists have developed a new nanoscale building technique that could help create exclusive anti-counterfeiting and chemical sensing tools, which can be used with the human eyes.

18 Nov 2020

New Gold Nanodisk-Based Technology Could Improve Diagnostics

As far as imaging the smallest nanoparticles is concerned, existing advanced methods have evident restrictions, making it hard for scientists to study viruses and other structures at the molecular level.

17 Nov 2020

Printable Two-Dimensional Superconducting Monolayers

NUS scientists have developed a scalable electrochemical exfoliation method to synthesise two-dimensional (2D) superconducting material for use in printing technologies.

16 Nov 2020

What do EU Citizens Think About Nanomaterials?

A study, commissioned by the EU Observatory for Nanomaterials, measured and analysed how citizens in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France and Poland perceive nanomaterials and their potential risks to our health and the environment.

16 Nov 2020

No Losses: Scientists Stuff Graphene with Light

Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have achieved a nearly 90% efficiency converting light energy into surface waves on graphene.

16 Nov 2020

Manchester scientists discover new family of quasiparticles in graphene-based materials

A group of researchers led by Sir Andre Geim and Dr Alexey Berdyugin at The University of Manchester have discovered and characterized a new family of quasiparticles named ‘Brown-Zak fermions’ in graphene-based superlattices.

13 Nov 2020

CARAC: An Event to Learn More about Advanced Techniques of Characterisation

CARAC 2020 will take place as an online meeting over half a day with online talks (English spoken). The conferences will take place in the morning of November 24th between 9 and 12 am. In the context of the COVID-19 p...

From The Platform for Advanced Characterisation Grenoble (PAC-G) 13 Nov 2020

New Method to Create Elusive Crystal with 2D Semiconductors

Similar to children who are restless posing for a family picture, electrons would not stay still for a long time in any kind of settled arrangement.

12 Nov 2020

British Company Launches Product Range that Reduces the Spread of Viruses by Touch

London based Veraco has designed and manufactured a range of Antimicrobial adhesive pads and wraps to be used on frequently touched surfaces, such as door handles, shopping trolleys and handrails.

12 Nov 2020

New Platform can Make 3D Superconducting Nano-Architectures with DNA

Three-dimensional nanostructured materials--those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter--that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices.

11 Nov 2020

Synthetic Protein Nanoparticle Crosses the Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Cancer-Killing Drugs

'I've worked in this field for more than 10 years and have not seen anything like this.'

11 Nov 2020

Nanocellulose 3D Objects Intricately Designed Using Bacteria

Researchers from Aalto University have used bacteria to create intricately developed three-dimensional objects made of nanocellulose.

11 Nov 2020

A Novel Approach to Predict the Lifetime of Nanolithography Molds

Ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) is a manufacturing technique for producing nanostructures using UV-curable resin. One of its main advantages is its sheer simplicity;

10 Nov 2020

New Pt(II) Nanocrystals may Also be Used to Encapsulate Water-Insoluble Drugs

Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid and the NOVA University of Lisbon have used platinum compounds of a liquid crystalline nature to design nanocrystal structures capable of effectively encapsulating and transporting water-insoluble drugs that are otherwise difficult to administer.

9 Nov 2020