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New 2D Nanomaterial Acts as a Temperature Sensor

Researchers at KAUST have developed a layered material that can serve as an accurate temperature sensor by exploiting the same principle used in biological ion channels.

13 Oct 2020

Surface Phonon-Polaritons can Conduct Heat Away from Nanostructured Devices

The continuing progress in miniaturization of silicon microelectronic and photonic devices is causing cooling of the device structures to become increasingly challenging.

13 Oct 2020

Understanding HCPCD to Help Develop At-Home COVID-19 Tests

A new study has highlighted the potential to develop new, disposable point-of-care and at-home COVID-19 tests.

By Sarah Moore 12 Oct 2020

Reducing Harvest Period of Stem Cell Sheets with PNIPAAm Nanotopography

Stem cells are cell factories that constantly divide themselves to create new cells. Implanting stem cells in damaged organs can regenerate new tissues.

9 Oct 2020

Graphene Detector Reveals THz Light’s Polarization

Physicists have created a broadband detector of terahertz radiation based on graphene. The device has potential for applications in communication and next-generation information transmission systems, security and medical equipment. The study came out in ACS Nano Letters.

9 Oct 2020

Scientists Develop Nanoparticle Carriers to Treat Connective Tissue Disorders

Professor Kristi Kiick from the University of Delaware (UD) is heading a collaborative study to develop new drug delivery systems that can enhance treatment for various diseases, like osteoarthritis or the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis, that impact connective tissues.

9 Oct 2020

New Lab-on-a-Chip can Help Reduce Resistance to Cancer Therapies

Computer scientists, electrical engineers, and biomedical engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a new lab-on-a-chip that can help examine tumor heterogeneity to decrease resistance to cancer treatments.

8 Oct 2020

Integrating 2D Material into Specially Developed Glass Fibers

At the latest since the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for research on graphene in 2010, 2D materials - nanosheets with atomic thickness - have been a hot topic in science.

8 Oct 2020

Engineers Develop Plant-Based Spray for Use in Energy Devices and N95 Masks

Engineers have developed a new method to spray very thin wires produced from a plant-based material.

8 Oct 2020

The Promising Properties of 4D Nanomaterials for Tumor Treatment Revealed in a Study Published in ACS Nano

A research team of the University of Padua publishes an article in "ACS Nano" which explains how inorganic nanoparticles based on an alloy of gold and iron, two biocompatible elements and therefore particularly suitable for applications in the biomedical field, are able to biodegrade spontaneously in living organisms.

8 Oct 2020

Introducing the OpenStand Motorized Optical Stand from Prior Scientific

The OpenStand Motorized Optical Stand from Prior Scientific

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 7 Oct 2020

New Approach to Turn Off Genes in Bone Marrow Cells Using Nanoparticles

Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to turn off specific genes in cells of the bone marrow, which play an important role in producing blood cells.

6 Oct 2020

Novel Method for Fabricating Nanoparticles from a Self-Assembling Polymer

Northwestern University researchers are casting a net for nanoparticles.

6 Oct 2020

Diamonds can Conduct Electricity When Deformed at the Nanoscale

According to predictions from a new study performed by an international group of researchers, diamond can conduct electricity similar to metals when it is deformed to nanoscale strains.

6 Oct 2020

Researchers Use Charged Nanoscale MOFs and X-Rays to Kill Cancer Cells

The heterogeneity of cancer cells themselves is one of the main difficulties faced in the development of effective and targeted treatments for cancer.

5 Oct 2020