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Tiny Electronic Switch Handles More than 8,000 Volts

People love their electric cars. But not so much the bulky batteries and related power systems that take up precious cargo space.

1 Jun 2020

Nanoscope Received NIH Support to Advance Ultrafast Laser-Based Gene Delivery to the Retina

The Nanoscope team has developed Multi-Characteristic Opsins (MCOs) to sensitize cells toward low level of white light so that vision is improved at ambient room light.

29 May 2020

Creating New Nanoscale Topography on Durable Materials to Fight Infections

The novel coronavirus pandemic has caused an increased demand for antimicrobial treatments that can keep surfaces clean, particularly in health care settings.

28 May 2020

Nanoneedles to Improve Capacity and Robustness of Magnetic Memory Devices

Some memory devices where information from smartphones and computers is stored are based on a very precise control of the magnetic properties, at nanoscopic scale.

27 May 2020

Tiny Tracking Devices Give an Unprecedented Peek into How Cells Change With Time

For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning of development.

27 May 2020

Study Finds Electrical Fields Can Throw a Curveball

MIT researchers have discovered a phenomenon that could be harnessed to control the movement of tiny particles floating in suspension. This approach, which requires simply applying an external electric field, may ultimately lead to new ways of performing certain industrial or medical processes that require separation of tiny suspended materials.

27 May 2020

Picosun Group’s Strong Growth Continues in 2020

Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD® (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating technology for global industries, reports strong growth during fiscal year 2018-2019, as a result of Group’s strategy to focus on industrial customers. The growth has continued in the first quarter of 2020.

From Picosun Oy 26 May 2020

Next-Generation Nano Technologies Set to Revolutionize Medical Industry

Next-gen nano technologies that can prevent infection and diagnose disease are set to transform the medical industry as this important UniSA research is awarded more than $2 million dollars under the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2021 Investigator Grants.

22 May 2020

A Replaceable Nanoporous Membrane Effectively Filters Virus Particles in N95 Masks

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there's been a worldwide shortage of face masks -- particularly, the N95 ones worn by health care workers.

22 May 2020

Nanobowl-Stabilized Liposomes Effectively Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs to Cancer Cells

For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes -- hollow spheres made of lipid bilayers -- to deliver chemotherapy drugs to tumor cells.

21 May 2020

Magnetic Core-Shell Iron Nanowires Show Promise as a Theranostic Platform

Living cells inside the body could be placed under surveillance--their location and migration noninvasively tracked in real time over many days--using a new method developed by researchers at KAUST.

21 May 2020

Graphene Could Give Headphones and Audio Technology a Boost

Graphene, due to being incredibly lightweight and impressively durable, could be the ideal solution to the production of supremely efficient audio devices. Particularly headphones.

By Robert Lea 20 May 2020

Oxford Instruments Launches Ionfab® Solution Providing Large Area, High Yield Manufacturing for Augmented Reality Applications

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (Plasma Technology) has today launched a revolutionary Ion Beam Etch (IBE) solution delivering the step change needed to address fundamental challenges in manufacturing slanted Surface Relief Gratings (SRG) for Augmented Reality (AR) applications.

20 May 2020

Using Nanotechnologies for Early-Stage Identification of High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

What if doctors could not only diagnose a COVID-19 infection but identify which patients are at the greatest risk of death before any major complications arise- One Michigan State University scientist believes nanotechnology may be the answer.

20 May 2020

Fight Against COVID-19 Using Piezo Ceramics, New from PI

Testing of blood, saliva, urine or tissue samples from humans or animals to diagnose and detect diseases, like COVID-19, at an early stage, requires systems that are fast, easy to use, and widely available.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 20 May 2020

Nanotechnology News

Tiny Electronic Switch Handles More than 8,000 Volts

Nanoscope Received NIH Support to Advance Ultrafast Laser-Based Gene Delivery to the Retina

Creating New Nanoscale Topography on Durable Materials to Fight Infections

Nanoneedles to Improve Capacity and Robustness of Magnetic Memory Devices

Tiny Tracking Devices Give an Unprecedented Peek into How Cells Change With Time

Study Finds Electrical Fields Can Throw a Curveball

Picosun Group’s Strong Growth Continues in 2020

Next-Generation Nano Technologies Set to Revolutionize Medical Industry

A Replaceable Nanoporous Membrane Effectively Filters Virus Particles in N95 Masks

Nanobowl-Stabilized Liposomes Effectively Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs to Cancer Cells

Magnetic Core-Shell Iron Nanowires Show Promise as a Theranostic Platform

Graphene Could Give Headphones and Audio Technology a Boost

Oxford Instruments Launches Ionfab® Solution Providing Large Area, High Yield Manufacturing for Augmented Reality Applications

Using Nanotechnologies for Early-Stage Identification of High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

Fight Against COVID-19 Using Piezo Ceramics, New from PI

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Novel 3D Imaging Technique Captures In Situ Nanoparticle Self-Assembly

Nanoparticles That Boost Tomato Plant Growth

Research Boosts Graphene’s Potential to Unprecedented Heights

New Study Finds Electrons Flow Like Liquid in Graphene, Breaking Rules

Orange Peel Nanoparticles: New Green Synthesis

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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