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WITec Announces Paper Award 2020 Winners

Every year, the WITec Paper Award competition recognizes three exceptional peer-reviewed publications that feature results acquired with a WITec microscope.

From Oxford Instruments WITec 22 Apr 2020

Researchers Move Closer to Unraveling the Physics of Quasiparticles in Carbon Nanotubes

A team of researchers from Osaka University, TU Wien, Nanyang Technological University, Rice University, University of Alberta and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale comes closer to unraveling the physics of quasiparticles in carbon nanotubes.

22 Apr 2020

Rapidly Cooling Magnon Particles to Advance Quantum Nanotechnology

The team, led by physicists at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in Germany and University of Vienna in Austria, generated the Bose-Einstein condensate through a sudden change in temperature: first heating up quasi-particles slowly, then rapidly cooling them down back to room temperature.

22 Apr 2020

'Nanocardboard' Flyers Could be Used to Explore the Skies of Other Worlds

This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter.

22 Apr 2020

Large Area Graphene Nanomesh Achieved by Helium Ion Beam Microscopy

At the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), scientists have been successful in fabricating the suspended graphene nanomesh in a wide area using helium-ion beam microscopy.

21 Apr 2020

Method for Calculating Diffusion of Nanobubbles in Fission Materials

At the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), scientists have devised a technique that accelerates the calculation of nanobubble diffusion in solid materials.

21 Apr 2020

No Fuss Technique for Accurate Characterization of Gluten Protein

An informative applications article from Postnova Analytics demonstrates how its Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (AF4) technology can be used, with no sample pre-treatment, to separate large gluten proteins and provide accurate molecular weight and molecular size (Rg) data.

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 21 Apr 2020

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis Make Software Available Free for Home Use

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis is pleased to announce the launch of AZtecTimed; a free, timed offline license for the whole of the AZtec suite.

From Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis 21 Apr 2020

Nanoparticles to Achieve Targeted Elimination of Malignant Tumors

At LMU, scientists have developed nanoparticles that can be triggered, through a change in pH, to discharge a lethal dose of ionized iron within cells.

20 Apr 2020

Molecular Dynamics Simulations Used to Study Effect of SDS on Protein Folding

Using molecular dynamics simulations, the Aksimentiev group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has performed a new study to know how sodium dodecyl sulfate, a detergent commonly used in laboratories, triggers protein folding.

20 Apr 2020

Nanobodies Hold the Key to Imaging SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Researchers from Protein Production UK, a collaborative project led by The Rosalind Franklin Institute, have isolated nanobodies - a type of antibody used in research, which bind to the 'spike' protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

20 Apr 2020

New Drug Nanocarriers can Penetrate the Blood-Brain Barrier

A Japanese research team has developed a cyclic peptide (a chain of amino acids bonded circularly) that enhances blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration.

20 Apr 2020

Graphene Protective Materials Extend Life in Mining Equipment

First Graphene are pleased to announce that several new PureGRAPH® enhanced bucket liners have been supplied by newGen to a second major iron ore producer in Pilbara, Western Australia.

From First Graphene Ltd. 17 Apr 2020

Nanosensors can Track How Plants Respond to Stresses

MIT engineers have developed a way to closely track how plants respond to stresses such as injury, infection, and light damage, using sensors made of carbon nanotubes.

16 Apr 2020

New System Configurator for Inverted Microscopes & XY Motorized Stages, What to Use When

To answer the demand for an integrated inverted microscope positioning system that must match perfectly, PI (Physik Instrumente), a leader in precision motion control and nanopositioning solutions, has released an interactive brochure to aid in building the system by beginning with a fine positioner and/or a sample holder.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 16 Apr 2020