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Study Reveals Core Criteria Determining Efficiency of Two Types of Nanopores in Detecting Sugar Chains

Protein nanopores are found in cell membranes and serve as biological gateways. This means that they can also be used for detecting specific bioactive molecular chains, like sugar chains, such as molecules from the glycosaminoglycan group.

9 Nov 2018

Novel Bionic Mushrooms Combine Cyanobacteria and Graphene Nanoribbons to Make Electricity

A research team from Stevens Institute of Technology has taken a normal white button mushroom available in a grocery store and converted it into a functional bionic system, supercharging it with swirls of graphene nanoribbons and 3D-printed clusters of packed cyanobacteria to make electricity.

8 Nov 2018

New Method for Measuring Response of Crystals on Electric Field

An international scientific team, which included the scientists and alumni of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) have formulated a new technique for measuring the response of crystals on the electric field.

7 Nov 2018

An Advanced High-Performance Nanopowder Facility for Metal 3D Printing

A modern high-performance facility for the production of metal powders used for 3D printing is being developed by researchers from the Department of Industrial Technologies of the Yurga Institute of Technology of Tomsk Polytechnic University.

5 Nov 2018

Study Shows Spaced-Out Nanotwins Could Improve Strength and Other Properties of Metals

A research team from Brown University and the Institute of Metals Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered a new method to apply nanotwins to make stronger metals.

5 Nov 2018

Researchers Investigate Structure and Properties of Circulenes

A group of researchers at the Siberian Federal University (SibFU) collaborated with foreign colleagues to elucidate the physical and structural properties of a class of two-dimensional materials based on polycyclic molecules known as circulenes.

5 Nov 2018

Miniature Nanostraws to Deliver Precise Doses of Molecules to Human Cells Safely and Efficiently

Scientists can develop the perfect molecule to tweak a gene, treat cancer, or guide the development of a stem cell, but none of that will be a success in the end if they cannot get their molecule into the human cells they want to influence.

1 Nov 2018

Laser-Activated Nanomaterials Exhibit Ability to Heal Wounded Tissues by Forming Seals

Scientists supported by NIBIB have created laser-activated nanomaterials that have the ability to integrate with wounded tissues to form seals that are excellent than sutures in containing body fluids and preventing bacterial infection.

1 Nov 2018

ICEAN 2018: Nanotechnology-Based Advanced Technologies and Solutions

Nanotechnology experts from around the world, who use innovation in materials science to create advanced technologies and solutions for the environment, energy, and health sectors, will congregate in Newcastle next week for the third International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials (ICEAN).

30 Oct 2018

Iran Builds Machine to Purify Wastewater Using Nanotechnology

A graywater purification device, which is made based on nanostructured ceramic membranes, was recently unveiled in a nanotechnology exhibition in Tehran.

24 Oct 2018