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Scientists Use Magnetic Nanoclusters to Destroy Cancer with Heat

Oregon State University researchers have developed a better technique for using magnetic nanoclusters to destroy difficult-to-reach tumors.

27 Jun 2019

Semiconductor Nanowires can be Tuned Over Wide Energy Ranges

Apart from speeding up computers, nanowires have the potential to make solar cells more efficient and LEDs more colorful. That is, if the extremely small semiconductors are able to transform electric energy into light energy, and vice versa, at the correct wavelengths.

27 Jun 2019

Minute Nanoclusters and Carbon Quantum Dots Exhibit Potential for Acute Kidney Injury Treatment

Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently complicates the treatment results of hospitalized patients, resulting in unsafe levels of hazardous chemicals collecting in the blood and causing many fatalities every year.

26 Jun 2019

Cost-Effective, Eco-Friendly Method to Produce Graphene from Eucalyptus Trees

Wonder material, graphene is the strongest and thinnest material known to man. It is also flexible, transparent, and conducts electricity and heat 10 times more efficiently than copper, making it suitable for everything from flexible nanoelectronics to optimized fuel cells.

25 Jun 2019

New Bionic Stretchable Nanogenerator for Wearable Equipment Applications

Inspired by electric eels, scientists from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have created a bionic stretchable nanogenerator (BSNG).

25 Jun 2019

Branching Out: Making Graphene from Gum Trees

Researchers have developed a cost-effective and eco-friendly way of producing graphene using one of Australia’s most abundant resources, eucalyptus trees.

25 Jun 2019

New ZetaView QUATT Enhances Nanoparticle Analysis Specificity

Analytik has launched the next generation ZetaView® QUATT, with a multi-wavelength video tracking microscope for rapid analysis of size, concentration, fluorescence, electrophoretic mobility and sub-populations of individual nanoparticles.

From Analytik Ltd 25 Jun 2019

Researchers Aim to Create Longwave Infrared Photonic Device Technology

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are collaborating with the Army Research Laboratory to create nanophotonic devices that could be used in thermal imaging and resonant filtering. Robert Magnusson, an electrical engineering professor and the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics, is the chief investigator for a $1.2 million joint agreement with the Army Research Laboratory.

24 Jun 2019

Phosphorus-Based Nanomaterial for Sustainable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

An innovative phosphorus-based nanomaterial called phosphorene is turning out to be an important ingredient for efficient and more sustainable state-of-the-art perovskite solar cells (PSCs).

24 Jun 2019

Nanoemulsions Show Promise for Delivering Topical Medications

Chemical engineers at MIT have developed a novel method for producing extremely small droplets of a liquid suspended inside another liquid, referred to as nanoemulsions.

24 Jun 2019

Multi-Wavelength Instrument Improves Nanoparticle Analysis Specificity

From Analytik Ltd 24 Jun 2019

Study Illustrates Current Status and Future Prospects of Ice Lithography

Nanofabrication facilitates nanoscience and nanotechnology. One of the founding stones of nanofabrication is electron-beam lithography (EBL), which involves making patterns down to a few nanometers.

24 Jun 2019

Advanced NMR Exposes New Facts About Nanoparticle Structures

At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods have exposed unexpected details about the structure of a core group of materials in nanotechnology — mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) — and the placement of their active chemical sites.

21 Jun 2019

Graphene-Based Biosensor can Detect Stomach-Cancer Causing Bacteria

Biosensors, at present, are used in healthcare to keep a check on blood glucose; however, they also possess the capacity to detect bacteria.

21 Jun 2019

Graphene-Based Neurostimulation Devices for Treating Neurological Diseases

The United States is observing a rise in the number of neurological diseases. Stroke is considered as the fifth leading cause of death, followed by Alzheimer’s. Parkinson’s—another neurological disease—affects around 1 million people in the United States every year.

21 Jun 2019