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Researchers Develop New Way to Create Molecular Wires by Adding or Removing Copper Atoms One by One

Electronic devices are getting smaller and smaller. Early computers filled entire rooms. Today you can hold one in the palm of your hand. Now the field of molecular electronics is taking miniaturization to the next level. Researchers are creating electronic components so tiny they can’t be seen with the naked eye.

17 Jan 2018

Graphene ‘Petri-Dish’ Allows Measurement of Single Atoms

A team of researchers have demonstrated new possibilities for observing nanomaterials in liquids by building a graphene ‘petri-dish’.

16 Jan 2018

Ultrastrong Polyethylene Nanofibers

Researchers have recently introduced a fabrication method known as gel electrospinning to create superior nanofibers.

By Benedette Cuffari 16 Jan 2018

JPK reports on the retrovirus research of Professor Itay Rousso and his colleagues at Ben-Gurion University in Israel using the NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed AFM.

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the ground-breaking research into the understanding of the reproduction of retroviru...

From Bruker BioAFM 16 Jan 2018

White Graphene Provides Ceramics Strength, Toughness, and Thermal Conductivity

According to a Rice University researcher, a little hBN in ceramics could give them exceptional properties.

12 Jan 2018

Internet of Things Advances with New Breed of "Memristors"

The IOT will soon arrive, but not until chips and components can tackle the data. By 2020, nearly 50 billion industrial internet sensors will be placed.

11 Jan 2018

Specially Designed Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs to Deepest Tumor Regions

Despite herculean efforts, cancer remains a formidable disease, with each malignant subtype responding differently to therapeutics.

11 Jan 2018

Internet of Things to be Transformed by Embedding Graphene Sensors into RFIDs

Researchers at The University of Manchester have integrated graphene sensors into RFIDs, which have the ability to transform the Internet of Things (IoT).

10 Jan 2018

Nanoscale Virus Altered to Deliver Peptide Drugs to Cells

Researchers exploring a viral protein have discovered a path toward virus-like, nanoscale devices that may be capable of supplying drugs to cells.

10 Jan 2018

Scientists Studying Spin Reveal Surprising Results

Physicists in America are using billiards and a bowling ball to demonstrate the unexpected results obtained while investigating the spin of different sized nuclei. Their work may offer new insight into the mechanisms affecting particle production in proton-ion collisions.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 9 Jan 2018

Using Silver Nanoparticles to Enhance Raman Spectroscopy

By organizing silver nanoparticles on nanowires in specific arrangements, molecular detection of Raman spectroscopy at low concentrations has been enhanced.

By Brett Smith 8 Jan 2018

Researchers Find a Way to Clean Carbon Nanotubes to Boost Conductivity

Researchers from Rice and Swansea universities have discovered a method to eliminate contaminants from nanotubes to increase their application.

8 Jan 2018

Researchers Develop Macrophage Nanosponges to Control Sepsis

Researchers created Macrophage “nanosponges”, which are capable of safely absorbing and removing molecules from the bloodstream.

8 Jan 2018

Ground-Breaking Metalens Paves Way for New Possibilities in Virtual and Augmented Reality

Metalenses are flat surfaces using nanostructures for the purpose of focusing light, and they look propitious to transform the field of optics by substituting the curved, bulky lenses adopted at present in optical devices with a simple, flat surface. However, the metalenses are restricted by the spectrum of light they can focus optimally.

5 Jan 2018

Strategy for Synthesizing Low-Dimensional Polyion Complex Nanomaterials with Various Morphologies

Artificial polyelectrolytes can copy interactions of biological macromolecules and could become platforms for delivering proteins, drugs, or nucleic acids.

5 Jan 2018