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Novel Fractionation Technology Optimizes Separation & Measurement of Nano-Sized Materials

An informative white paper from Postnova Analytics demonstrates how its novel Electrical and Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) technology can be used to separate a wide variety of nano-sized materials while simultaneously determining surface charge.

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 30 Jan 2020

Drug-Coated Iron Nanowires Developed to Selectively Kill Tumor Cells

Iron nanowires coated with drugs can offer a better option for cancer therapy as they can be steered to the tumor site by an external magnetic field, before starting a three-step cancer-killing process.

29 Jan 2020

PI Appoints Dave Rego its New President of North American Operations

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a worldwide leader and solution provider in motion control and precision automation systems, announces Dave Rego as the new President of PI’s North American Operations.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 29 Jan 2020

Improved Sustainability for Chemistry Laboratories

Asynt reports on how chemistry labs, seeking to minimise water wastage, are electing to replace Liebig-style water condensers with their CondenSyn waterless air condenser, for both reflux and distillation reactions.

29 Jan 2020

New Process can Help Create Bulk Quantities of Pristine Graphene

The environmental impact of building materials, including concrete, can be significantly reduced by a banana peel when it is converted into graphene. While individuals are at it, they can discard the plastic empties.

28 Jan 2020

New Acoustical Hooks Could be Used to Manipulate Nanoparticles

The presence of a new kind of curved acoustic wave beams, called acoustical hooks, has been modeled and experimentally verified by researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tomsk State University, in collaboration with their colleagues from Spain.

28 Jan 2020

New Technique to Quickly and Sensitively Characterize Defects in 2D Materials

The semiconductor industry exhibits interest in employing 2D materials to further decrease the size of electronic devices and to reduce energy consumption.

28 Jan 2020

Can Nanoparticles Help Get Rid of Heart Attack Causing Plaques?

A group of scientists at Michigan State University (MSU) and Stanford University has created a particle intended to eliminate the plaques that cause heart attacks.

By David J. Cross 28 Jan 2020

Book Review: Nano Comes to Life by Sonia Contera

NuNano’s marketing lead, Rebecca Megson-Smith, is our resident bookworm.

From Nu Nano Ltd 28 Jan 2020

New Atomically Thin Material for Touchscreens Created by Liquid Metal Printing

Scientists have produced an ultra-thin and ultra-flexible electronic material for the future touchscreens. This material is capable of being printed and rolled out like newspaper.

27 Jan 2020

Can Phage-mimicking Antibacterial Core-shell Nanoparticles Help Tackle Antibiotic Resistance?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a serious threat to global public health, and one that is increasing in severity.

27 Jan 2020

Goodyear Launch Tires with Graphene Technology

Goodyear, one of the world’s leading tire manufacturers, has entered the competitive cycling market with an innovative, new bicycle tire that incorporates graphene technology into its design.

27 Jan 2020

AI Helps Discover How Light Flows Around Nanoparticles

A new AI neural network developed by researchers at the University of Southampton is helping them understand the unique 3D flow of light around nanoparticles.

By David J. Cross 24 Jan 2020

Scientists Take the First Step Towards Extending the Standard Model in Physics

Researchers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with colleagues from the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and a number of German scientific organizations, calculated previously unexplored effects in atoms.

24 Jan 2020

Ultra-High-Resolution Particle Characterisation

Analytik has published a white paper that provides an informative introduction to particle size characterisation using the Differential Centrifugal Sedimentation (DCS) technique.

From Analytik Ltd 23 Jan 2020