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NGA Director Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker Presents At Graphene Week

Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker has spent the bulk of her career researching graphene at Vanderbilt University and as a graphene entrepeneur in the “Athens of the South,” Nashville, Tennessee.

2 Oct 2017

Searching for New 2D Materials to Make Batteries Better and Cheaper

The National Science Foundation has given the University of Illinois at Chicago a $1.44 million grant to discover new two-dimensional (2D) materials that can be used to manufacture greatly improved and cheaper batteries.

28 Sep 2017

Laser Streaming Could Find Multiple Applications in Optically Controlled Devices

Researchers at the University of Houston were investigating the nonlinear transmission of light through an aqueous suspension of gold nanoparticles when they saw something unexpected. A pulse laser seemed to have forced the movement of a stream of liquid in a glass laboratory cuvette.

28 Sep 2017

Northwestern Honors MIT Chemical Engineer with Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine

Chemical engineer and prolific inventor Robert S. Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- known as the “Edison of medicine” -- is the recipient of the $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine for 2017, Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology announced today (Sept. 27).

28 Sep 2017

BR Nanoparticles Used in Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

Combined photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy for cancer was created by Sangyong Jon, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at KAIST, along with his team using Bilirubin (BR) nanoparticles.

27 Sep 2017

Graphene Forged into Three-Dimensional Objects with Laser Light

Researchers from Finland and Taiwan have made a discovery on how graphene, a single-atom-thin layer of carbon, can be forged into three-dimensional objects with the help of laser light.

27 Sep 2017

Nano-Based Chemotherapy Targets Tumor Cells that Spread to Bone

Breast cancer that spreads usually infiltrates bone, causing fractures and severe pain. In such cases, chemotherapy is ineffective as the environment of the bone protects the tumor, even as the drug has toxic side effects elsewhere in the body.

26 Sep 2017

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Device can Detect Below-Threshold Signals Via Noise

In conventional electronics, a significant amount of effort is put into removing stochastic resonance (SR) - the frustrating hiss that by and large obstructs the detection of weak signals and degrades total device performance.

26 Sep 2017

Study Shows 'Nano Footballs' Control Gene Behavior

A research team at the University of York has discovered that genes are regulated by unique structures called by ‘nano footballs’. Although these structures have similar appearance like footballs, they are 10 million times smaller than the average ball.

26 Sep 2017

DNA "Nanoscopy" Enables High-Fidelity Recording of Molecular Geometry

Researchers are relentlessly expanding their cache of techniques to decode the spatial organization of biological structures. Using microscopes, they can currently visualize individual macromolecular components within protein, DNA, or other complexes.

26 Sep 2017

FAU Physicists Use Single Laser Pulse to Control Electronic Current in Graphene

It is essential to control electronic current in modern electronics because streams of electrons that transfer signals and data are controlled at high speed. With advances in technology, the need for transmission speeds is also growing.

26 Sep 2017

Semitransparent and Flexible Solar Cells Created Using Atomically Thin Sheet

A team of Researchers from Tohoku University have formulated an innovative technique for fabricating semitransparent and flexible solar cells with atomically thin 2D materials. The new technology enhances power conversion efficiency of up to 0.7% - this is the maximum value for solar cells reached using transparent 2D sheet materials.

26 Sep 2017

New Two-Dimensional Film Could Lead to Shape-Shifting Fluids and Soft Robotics

An innovative two-dimensional film made of nanoparticles and polymers was developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

26 Sep 2017

Nanoparticles can be Assembled into Processable Superlattice Wires

Describing and controlling the material’s structure-function relationship has been the Holy Grail of materials science through the years. Nanoparticles are an appealing group of components to be used in functional materials because they display size-dependent properties, such as superparamagnetism and plasmonic absorption of light.

25 Sep 2017

Indiana University Receives $4 Million NSF Grant to Develop Medical Nanotechnology

Indiana University has received a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop nanoscale devices to enhance human health, including fighting cancer.

22 Sep 2017