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Innovative Thin-Film Device for Converting Electronics' Waste Heat into Energy

Each year, in the US, about 70% of the energy produced is wasted as heat. At present, engineers have designed a thin-film system that can be fitted to such sources of waste heat to generate energy at levels never before achieved for this type of technology.

18 Apr 2018

Binding MoU with SupremeSAT for Provision of Graphene in Miniature Satellites

The Project Advanced materials company, First Graphene Limited is pleased to advise it has entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding with SupremeSAT (Private) Ltd for the development of graphene enhanced componentry for SupremeSAT’s Miniature Satellite Assembly Project.

From First Graphene Ltd. 18 Apr 2018

Mahr Signs Cooperation Agreement with NanoFocus

Mahr and NanoFocus, the German manufacturer of 3D surface metrology, have signed a cooperation agreement. In May of 2018, Mahr will be offering confocal microscopes from NanoFocus as the new Mahr product family “Ma...

From NanoFocus AG 17 Apr 2018

Individual Impurity Atoms Successfully Detected in Graphene

A research team has been successful in using atomic force microscopy to attain images of separate impurity atoms in graphene ribbons. As a result of the forces measured in the graphene’s 2D carbon lattice, they could identify nitrogen and boron for the first time.

17 Apr 2018

A Study on Working of Biological Nanotransporters

Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) were successful in describing with atomic detail how molecules are moved through biological membranes. Spectroscopic experiments and computer simulations provided understanding into the work of so-called ABC transporters.

17 Apr 2018

Using Nanoporous Graphene for Smart Filters and Sensors

Researchers have now developed uniformly nanoporous graphene as part of a national research collaboration in Spain. A significant step in graphene research, it will help us to explore the full potential of the material in electronics, filtration and sensing applications.

By Zoe Peterkin 16 Apr 2018

Using Magnetic Nanomotors for Cellular Investigations

Carrying out biomedical tasks in living systems using micro and nanomotors has gained significant interest of late. These motors can often be controlled remotely using various type of fields to study biomedical phenomenon.

By Liam Critchley 13 Apr 2018

New Experimental Approach for Studying Interactions at the Molecular Level

Researchers have explained an experimental strategy for visualizing structures of organic molecules with unprecedented resolution. The factor playing an important role in this devised microscopic technique is the excellent stability of a specifically sharp & atomically defined probe tip.

12 Apr 2018

Carbon Nanotube Technology Used to Create Strong Water Desalination Membranes

Researchers from Shinshu University, Japan, have created strong reverse osmosis membranes that can tolerate large-scale water desalination. The results of their research were published in early February in Scientific Reports.

12 Apr 2018

Dr. Thomas Bocher Appointed Physik Instrumente Marketing Head of Microscopy & Life Sciences

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 11 Apr 2018

Nanotechnology-Based Approach for Treatment of Lung Cancer

Non-small cell lung cancer has persisted to be challenging to treat, with 5-year survival rates of about 36% for stage 3A tumors. Researchers have devised an innovative, nanotechnology-based treatment strategy, recently demonstrated to be efficacious in mouse models of the disease.

11 Apr 2018

New Device Controls Light and Amplifies Minute Signals

Visualize a single particle, measuring just one-tenth the diameter of a bacterium, whose minute jiggles prompt continual vibrations in a mechanical device that is about 50 times larger.

11 Apr 2018

Customizable Neural Stimulation Method for Providing Photothermal Neuromodulation Therapy

A research team from KAIST has devised a highly personalizable neural stimulation technique. The researchers have developed a technology that can be used to print the heat pattern on a micron scale to allow the remote control of biological activities.

9 Apr 2018