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Streak / Framing Camera Provides Unique Insight into Nano Events

Specialised Imaging Ltd report on several sales of ultra-fast camera systems that provide the ability to record simultaneous framing images and streak images to scientists involved in electrical discharge, biomedical and...

17 Jul 2018

Bruker Announces Acquisition of JPK Instruments

Bruker Corporation today announced that it has acquired JPK Instruments AG (JPK), located in Berlin, Germany. In 2017, JPK Instruments had revenue of approximately 10 million Euro. JPK provides microscopy instrumentation...

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 13 Jul 2018

Researchers Get One Step Closer to Replicating Functions of the Brain

Astonishingly little amount of energy is required for the brain to adapt to the surroundings to learn, to have high recognition ability and intelligence, to make ambiguous recognitions, and perform complex information processing.

13 Jul 2018

Using Glass Bubbles to Detect Presence of Nanoparticles

Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have developed technology that is in fact throwing light on certain smallest particles to detect their presence—and it is developed from tiny glass bubbles.

12 Jul 2018

Physicists Unearth Reasons for Loss in Superconductivity of Nanowires

Cooling a wire results in a breathtaking phenomenon where the electrons in charge of carrying the electrical current can flow endlessly without slowing down.

11 Jul 2018

Researchers Achieve Single-Atom Manipulation Using Advanced Electron Microscope

Atoms are the constituents of all matter and are too small to be observed without powerful advanced instruments such as electron microscopes. The same electrons forming images of atomic structures can even be used to move atoms in materials.

10 Jul 2018

Nanokirigami Devices Could Help Manipulate Light for Various Applications

In the recent times, nanokirigami has started to emerge as an area of research; the technology is based on the ancient arts of origami, which involves making three-dimensional (3D) shapes by folding paper, and kirigami, which enables cutting and also folding, but used on flat nanoscale materials, measuring billionths of a meter.

9 Jul 2018

Springer Nature and Tsinghua University Press present the fifth Nano Research Award

The annual Nano Research Award, which is sponsored by Tsinghua University Press (TUP) and Springer Nature, was presented to two outstanding scientists on 1 July 2018 in Chengdu, China. Lei Jiang is professor at the Techn...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 6 Jul 2018

Analysis of Nanoparticles in Commercial Sunscreens

A new application note from Postnova Analytics details an innovative approach for assessing titanium dioxide nanoparticles in commercial sunscreen formulations.

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 5 Jul 2018

New Method Proposed for Obtaining Complex Nanocomposites

A new method allows the isolation of metallic silver from the semiconductor forming silver nanoparticles on the surface of a semiconductor.

27 Jun 2018

Squeezing Graphene Stacks Results in Unique Electrical Properties

Scientists have found that when laterally compressed, graphene can have interesting electrical properties.

27 Jun 2018

Physicists Generate First-Ever Ultrashort Terahertz Signals

For the first time, physicists have been successful in producing ultrashort electric pulses on a chip, with the help of metal antennas.

27 Jun 2018

Researchers Create Effective and Economical Sound-Absorbing Nanofoam

A new breakthrough material capable of reducing the noise level by 100% has been developed by a young scientist from the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) along with others. The new foam material is more efficient compared to standard analogs, minimizing the level of noise transmission by 20-22 dB.

26 Jun 2018

Comparing Methods to Detect, Size and Quantify Silver Nanoparticles

Evaluating AF4 and SdFFF systems, this study provides critical data on silver nanoparticle sizes, supporting regulatory efforts for nanomaterial safety.

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 26 Jun 2018