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World’s Smallest Infrared Hyperspectral Camera for Tracking and Managing Climate Change

A groundbreaking Finnish nanosatellite has recently been launched into space fitted with the world’s smallest infrared hyperspectral camera.

21 Dec 2018

Boron Nitride Nanotubes Exhibit Potential Once Unstuck

Boron nitride nanotubes truly like to stick together. They would remain stuck if they weren’t very useful. But since they are beneficial, Rice University chemists have established that surfactants—the standard compounds in soap—provide the best and easiest way to keep boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) from clumping.

21 Dec 2018

Nano-Level Lubricant Tuning Enhances Material for Surface Coatings and Electronic Devices

Widely used as a solid lubricant, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has now been discovered to have a two-dimensional (2D) form that is similar to graphene.

20 Dec 2018

Researchers Study the Potential of Nanomaterials to Fight Cancer

The Royal Swedish Academy highlighted the significance of research regarding the role of the immune system in the development and treatment of oncological diseases.

20 Dec 2018

Plastic Waste in the Environment Disintegrates into Nano-Sized Particles

According to a new study from Lund University, there is a significant risk that plastic waste in the environment discharges nano-sized particles called nanoplastics.

20 Dec 2018

Introducing Holes into Graphene Could Enable Its Use in Spintronics Applications

In its regular form, graphene cannot be used as an alternative to silicon chips for nanoelectronics applications. Its energy band structure is well known, leaving no magnetic effects and no energy gap.

20 Dec 2018

Machine-Learning Research Offers Insight into Molecular Cages’ Energy-Saving Potential

Nanosized cages could have a major role to play in minimizing energy consumption in science and industry, and a machine-learning research at Oregon State University (OSU) aims to speed-up the deployment of these incredible molecules.

19 Dec 2018

Researchers Develop Low-Energy and Omnidirectional Nanoscale Laser

Scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have created a new kind of low-energy, nanoscale laser that is capable of shining in all directions.

18 Dec 2018

Newly Developed Nanoparticles Could Help Treat Prostate Cancer

The outpouring of sympathy was profound when Frank Billingsley announced that he had prostate cancer. However, the chief meteorologist at KPRC-TV in Houston received an email that stood out among the mass of messages.

18 Dec 2018

Graphene Utilized to Make Hiking Boots for the First Time Ever

Basing on the global success of their revolutionary use of graphene in trail running and fitness shoes last summer, the brand is currently bringing the groundbreaking technology to a market hungry for innovation.

18 Dec 2018

Optimizing Drug Delivery Using Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibers

Nanotechnology has turned out to be an intriguing strategy toward solving challenges in the field of medicine in the latest studies.

17 Dec 2018

New Study Offers Interesting and Unforeseen Findings on Collagen Fibrils

The basic building block of tissues, muscles, ligaments, and tendons in mammals is collagen. It is also extensively used in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

14 Dec 2018

Energetic Properties of Colloids in Spinning Magnetic Field

Experiments reveal micron-sized spheres coming together under the impact of a speedily spinning magnetic field.

13 Dec 2018

Controlling Transport of Nanomaterial Across Cell Membrane by Tuning Membrane Tension

Growing awareness of toxicity and bioeffects of nanomaterials interacting with cells brings into focus the mechanisms by which nanomaterials can cross lipid membranes.

13 Dec 2018

Novel Technique Drastically Improves the Resolution of Light Microscope

Physical conditions tend to restrict the sharpness of a light microscope, for example, structures that are closer together than 0.2 thousandths of a millimeter will blur into one another and will no longer be differentiated from each other.

12 Dec 2018