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Scientists Explore the Unknown Behaviour of Gold Nanoparticles with Neutrons

Nanoparticles of less than 100 nanometres in size are used to engineer new materials and nanotechnologies across a variety of sectors.

24 Apr 2019

Nanoparticles Used to Optimize Treatment of Peritoneal Tumors

Researchers at the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine used nanoparticles for the formulation of new imaging and treatment approaches for peritoneal cancers.

23 Apr 2019

Researchers Use Carbon Nanotube Templates to Produce Isolated TMM Nanowires

At Tokyo Metropolitan University, scientists have successfully created nanowires of transition metal monochalcogenide (TMM) using carbon nanotube templates.

22 Apr 2019

A compact XYZ nanopositioning system for fast active alignment

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 19 Apr 2019

Scientists Use Near-Infrared Light and Injected DNA Nanodevice to Guide Stem Cells to a Wound

Imagine physicians having a remote control that they could employ to drive a patient’s own cells to a wound to accelerate the healing process.

19 Apr 2019

Hybrid Magnetic-Plasmonic Elements Facilitate Contactless, Selective Temperature Control in Magnetic Metamaterials

In a recent study reported in Nanoscale, scientists belonging to the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE exhibit the use of hybrid magnetic-plasmonic elements to make contactless and selective temperature control easy in magnetic functional metamaterials.

17 Apr 2019

Researchers Produce Gilded Nanodisks for Medical Needs

Young researchers from Siberian Federal University (SibFU) along with their colleagues from FRC KSC SB RAS are designing a technology for producing multilayer gilded nanodisks for targeted drug delivery and treating cancer using dip pen nanolithography (DPN).

17 Apr 2019

New Microscopy Method Enables 3D Reconstructions of Protein Structures on a Nanometric Scale

Coherent diffractive imaging, also known as lensless microscopy with X-rays, is known to be a promising technique. This approach enables scientists to examine intricate 3D structures, which often occur in nature, from a dynamic standpoint.

17 Apr 2019

Graphene and Related Materials Inks Improve Solar Cells

Imagine the environmental benefits if we could all simply paint solar cells onto the roof of our houses, or onto any surface for that matter.

From Graphene Flagship 17 Apr 2019

Researchers Develop New Graphene-Enabled Photodetector that is Highly Sensitive and Fast

A research work published in Nano Letters explains the advance of a graphene-enabled detector for terahertz light that is more sensitive and rapid when compared to current room-temperature technologies.

16 Apr 2019

Innovative First-of-its-Kind Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall

UCLA scientists and colleagues have engineered a new device that produces electricity from falling snow. This device is the first of its kind and is economical, thin, small, and flexible resembling a sheet of plastic.

16 Apr 2019

NiCo-Doped C-N Hollow Nanotube Composite Catalysts Show Excellent Performance in Neutral Zn-Air Batteries

A research team from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Hunan University of Science and Technology has suggested a new approach for producing non-precious metal catalysts in zinc-air batteries without affecting its stability, electroactivity, and affordability.

15 Apr 2019