Researchers from the Graphene Flagship have established the fact that graphene-based materials are capable of enhancing the properties of spider's silk.
CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, Italy and the University of Cambridge, UK have carried out Graphene Flagship researches to create a terahertz saturable absorber using graphene generated by liquid phase exfoliation and deposited by ink jet printing and transfer coating.
Engineered strands of DNA, nanoscale tools known as "nanoswitches", could be the key to cheaper, easier, faster and more sensitive tests capable of enabling high-fidelity detection of biomarkers that indicate the existence of different viral strains, diseases and also genetic variabilities as subtle as a single-gene mutation.
Researchers have made a filter capable of changing between a window and a mirror by finely tuning the distance between nanoparticles in a single layer.
In a collaborative research project, researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), the Technische Universität Berlin (TU), and the University of Rostock have succeeded for the first time to image free nanoparticles in a laboratory experiment using a high-intensity laser source.
A team of researchers from Lehigh and Cardiff University have shown a potential approach where colloidal gold-palladium nanoparticles were used to directly oxidize methane to methanol with high selectivity in aqueous solution at mild temperatures.
There is a progressively increasing need for larger high-performance batteries as the world tries to move towards renewable energy from fossil fuels, but at the same time depending a lot more on energy-guzzling devices.
A major amount of secondary nerve damage after a spinal cord injury is due to inflammation and internal scarring that hinders the ability of the nervous system to repair itself.
Edward Honein from the American University of Beirut has joined EPFL’s Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology to do his summer project under the supervision of Professor Ardemis Boghossian. Honein aims to develop a nanotube-based biosensor.
According to a research paper published today, conductive, transparent paper may soon be used for transparent touchscreens, foldable computers, or digital camouflage clothing.
Hamamatsu introduces the NanoZoomer S360, a new high throughput WSI scanner, engineered using Hamamatsu’s extensive experience of imaging technology and designed to meet the challenging requirements of digitizing routine clinical pathology.
This new high throughput scanner has a capacity of 360 slides (76 mm x 26 mm), features revolutionary scanning technology and delivers fast scanning of 82 slides per hour (at 20x and 40x magnification). The high throughput, automated scanning and exceptional image quality are tailored to suit the most demanding applications.
The S360 also has an intelligent slide management feature which uses custom barcode labels. These barcode labels can personalize specific scanning parameters to successfully prioritise and scan different tissues with minimal user-scanner interaction.
MIT Researchers found out that a phenol-formaldehyde polymer changed into a glassy carbon material in a process quite like baking to reach its best combination of low density and high strength at 1,000 °C (1,832 °F).
A recent article published in Nature by a group of researchers at Rutgers University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering describes a new actuation device known as the “inverted-series-connected (ISC) bimorph actuation device,” which is capable of lifting 165 times its own weight.
By Benedette Cuffari
4 Sep 2017
A car sitting in the sun on a Summer’s day is scorching and this indeed is a fact that has been acknowledged almost throughout the whole world. However, this truth could soon be challenged by a collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories and Santa Fe, New Mexico-based IR Dynamics.
An international collaboration of researchers, including scientists from Shinshu University (Japan) and the director of Penn State’s ATOMIC Center, has created a graphene-based coating for desalination membranes that is more strong and scalable than present nanofiltration membrane technologies.