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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

Forge Nano Incorporates Sundew Technology. Improving Speed, Cost, and Efficiency of Nano Coatings on Wafers and Objects

Nanotech company Forge Nano, incorporates cutting edge Sundew technology to their suite of nano-scale, surface engineering solutions.

From Forge Nano 27 Oct 2020

New Microscopy System can Help Visualize Individual Molecules in 3D

Six years ago, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists for finding ways to visualize the pathways of individual molecules inside living cells.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers Find New Way to Stop Shipwrecks ‘Turning to Dust’ on Land with Neutrons

Researchers at the Institut Laue-Langevin in collaboration with a group from the University of L’Aquila, have found a new way of protecting wooden objects, such as shipwrecks, preserved for hundreds of years under our waters, but vulnerable to decay as soon as they are brought to land.

23 Oct 2020

Kitchen-Temperature Supercurrents From Stacked 2D Materials

Could a stack of 2D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breakingly warm temperatures, easily achievable in the household kitchen?

22 Oct 2020

Graphenea Awarded “Best Graphene Firm” Prize

Graphenea has been named “Best Graphene Firm” of 2020 by an international committee of 40 jury members of the international Committee of the conference Graphchina 2020.

From Graphenea 22 Oct 2020

New Nanocrystal-Based Smart Skin Changes Color upon Stretching

Chameleons are well known for their abilities to change colors to camouflage themselves, communicate, and control their temperature.

22 Oct 2020

Advances in Nanobiotechnology for Medical Diagnosis

The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly the most challenging global health burden since the 2nd World War.

22 Oct 2020

Gold Nanorod Scattering Used to Detect Macrophage Subtypes

Every biological system is naturally equipped with a defense mechanism to protect against abnormal changes caused by either local, environmental, or biochemical alteration.

21 Oct 2020