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New Nanoparticle-Based Metasurfaces for Future Camera Lenses

In the future, camera lenses could be thousands of times thinner and significantly less resource-intensive to manufacture.

12 Jun 2020

New Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Could Help Create Rewritable Biomedical Chip

Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a versatile microfluidic lab-on-a-chip that uses sound waves to create tunnels in oil to touchlessly manipulate and transport droplets.

12 Jun 2020

New Single Graphene-Cube Cavity Acts as New Type of Nano-Antenna

Miniaturization has enabled so many unfathomable dreams. Shrinking down electronic circuits has allowed us to access technology like smartphones, health watches, medical probes, nano-satellites, unthinkable a couple decades ago.

12 Jun 2020

WITec Begins Expansion of its Headquarters Facility

WITec GmbH, the technology leader in correlative Raman microscopy, is expanding its headquarters building in Ulm.

12 Jun 2020

New Recyclable Nanomesh Electrodes for Inexpensive Optoelectronics

Scientists from Australia have proven the high potential for using a new type of flexible, recyclable electrodes to make inexpensive touchscreens, solar cells, next-generation responsive windows, and wearable “e-skins.”

11 Jun 2020

2D Nanosheets can Advance Regenerative Medicine, Cancer Treatment

Scientists in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University are developing new ways to advance the field of regenerative medicine and cancer treatment.

11 Jun 2020

New Method to Synthesize Ultra-Thin Graphitic Materials at Room Temperature

For the first time, FLEET researchers at UNSW, Sydney show the synthesis of ultra-thin graphitic materials at room temperature using organic fuels (which can be as simple as basic alcohols such as ethanol).

11 Jun 2020

Graphene-Based Electrochemical Sensor Detects Toxins in Food Faster than Laboratory Tests

Researchers in the USA have developed a graphene-based electrochemical sensor capable of detecting histamines (allergens) and toxins in food much faster than standard laboratory tests.

11 Jun 2020

Hexapod-Simulator: Which Hexapod is the Right Model for Your Application? PI’s New Software Tells You

A hexapod, also known as a Stewart Platform, offers motion in 6 degrees of freedom (XYZ, Pitch, Roll, Yaw). Different models are available to handle loads up to 2000 kg.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 11 Jun 2020

Automated Flow Chemistry Synthesis of Combinatorial Libraries

Uniqsis announce the FlowSyn Automated Loop Filling (FlowSyn Auto-LF™) system - an exciting new automated product designed to harness the power of flow chemistry to deliver more compounds faster.

10 Jun 2020

New Tool Facilitates Simulations of Atom Dynamics of Nanoparticles

Researchers at the Nanoscience Center and at the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have demonstrated that new distance-based machine learning methods, developed in the University of Jyväskylä, are capable of predicting structures and atomic dynamics of nanoparticles reliably.

10 Jun 2020

New Hollow Nanomaterials Could Improve Lifetime, Stability of Batteries

An unexpected property of nanometer-scale antimony crystals -- the spontaneous formation of hollow structures -- could help give the next generation of lithium ion batteries higher energy density without reducing battery lifetime.

10 Jun 2020

New Light-Driven, Water-Splitting Nanodevice to Generate Hydrogen

Solar energy is considered by some to be the ultimate solution to address the current energy crisis and global warming and the environmental crises brought about by excessive consumption of fossil fuels.

10 Jun 2020

Research Breakthrough: Drinkable Water for Millions Possible after Creation of New Ultrathin Membrane - Monash University

In a world-first, an international research team, led by Monash University and ANSTO, has created an ultrathin porous membrane to completely separate potentially harmful ions, such as lead and mercury, from water.

10 Jun 2020

Immune Responsive Nanoparticles for COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery

Analytik reports how the renowned Quadram Institute (Norwich, UK) has invested in a ZetaView Nanoparticle Tracking Analyser to help them develop a new approach for vaccine delivery based on engineering the natural ability of resident gut bacteria to generate nanoparticle sized Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs).

From Analytik Ltd 9 Jun 2020