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Speedy Cellphone Charging Could Soon Become a Reality

Charging cellphones within seconds is getting closer to reality with the recent achievement of researchers at the University of Waterloo, who used nanotechnology to considerably improve energy-storage devices called supercapacitors.

25 Oct 2017

Researchers Confirm Brownian Motion in Nanoparticles for the First Time

Thermal noise and friction have a strong impact on transitions—such as folding of a protein or a chemical reaction—that take place in nanoscale systems. Nearly eight decades earlier, Hendrik Kramers, a Dutch physicist, proposed that these transitions take place often at intermediate friction, an impact called Kramers turnover.

25 Oct 2017

Novel Thin, Organic Film Outperforms Existing Flash Memory Devices

An international research team headed by scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) were the very first to develop a novel thin, organic film capable of supporting a million more times read-write cycles and consuming1,000 times less power than commercial flash memories.

25 Oct 2017

All new DynaPro® Plate Reader for Automated Characterization of Size, Molecular Weight and Stability of Macromolecules and Nanoparticles

Wyatt Technology, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular and nanoparticle characterization, announces the launch of its next generation, all-in-one instrument for automated characterization of size, molecular weight, aggregation and stability: the DynaPro® Plate Reader III.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 25 Oct 2017

Scientists Investigate Individual Nanoparticles to Synthesize Superior Nanomaterials

A technique that enables mapping of individual responses of nanoparticles in distinctive contexts and situations has been developed by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark.

24 Oct 2017

Study Proves Carbon Nanotube Fiber Antennas are as Capable as Copper

According to researchers at Rice University, fibers composed of carbon nanotubes configured as wireless antennas can be as good as copper antennas but 20 times lighter.

24 Oct 2017

Nanodiamonds Successfully Used in Aiding Recovery from Root Canal Procedure

Root canal treatment may soon be more effective because of a miniature but powerful ally that could inhibit infection after treatment.

24 Oct 2017

New Intelligent Nanoparticles Capable of Killing Cancerous Cells

University of Surrey scientists have developed ‘intelligent’ nanoparticles capable of heating up to a temperature that is high enough to kill cancerous cells – but which self-regulate and then lose heat before they get hot enough to harm healthy tissue.

24 Oct 2017

JPK reports the research of the Schwille Group at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry near Munich 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 Schwille Research Group at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry near Munich using JPK's NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed AFM to study living membrane systems,

From Bruker BioAFM 24 Oct 2017

Graphene Study Could Lead to Novel Electronic Devices

Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of the stuff in pencils, is considered as a better conductor compared to copper and is extremely promising for electronic devices with on catch: Electrons that pass through it cannot be stopped.

23 Oct 2017

Nanoscientist Chad Mirkin Honored with 2017 Wilhelm Exner Medal

At an award ceremony at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on October 19, Northwestern University’s Chad A. Mirkin was conferred a prestigious 2017 Wilhelm Exner Medal. He and CERN Director-General and particle physicist Fabiola Gianotti were each honored with a medal at the ceremony.

23 Oct 2017

Use of Plasmon-Based Transducer Revolutionizes the Field of Nanoelectronics

Developments in the field of nanoelectronics, that is, the application of nanotechnology to electronic components, has been powered up by the ever-expanding requirement to reduce the size of electronic devices in an attempt to develop smaller, smarter, and faster gadgets such as memory storage devices, computers, medical diagnostic tools, and displays.

23 Oct 2017

New Technique for Improving the Resolution of Terahertz Emission Spectroscopy

A new way to launch a powerful form of spectroscopy into the nano-world has been demonstrated by Brown University researchers. This technique has been used for studying an extensive range of materials.

20 Oct 2017

New Way for Increasing the Sensitivity of Detecting Volatile Compounds

A new way to increase the sensitivity of detecting volatile compounds, especially chlorine, using metallic nanoparticles, has been developed by researchers from the Faculties of Chemistry and of Materials Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The work features in the Talanta journal.

20 Oct 2017