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New Nanofiber Matrix to Help Produce Improved Quality Stem Cells for Disease Treatment

Culturing a large number of healthy human stem cells may soon be possible using a matrix composed of gelatin nanofibers on a synthetic polymer microfiber mesh.

15 Feb 2017

Unrevealed Characteristics of 2D Materials Could Dramatically Transform Tech Industry

It is a well-known fact that the concept of two-dimensional (2D) materials is a thought-provoking one. Humans exist in a three-dimensional world in which any observed thing has height, depth, and width.

13 Feb 2017

Harvard Researchers Build Small, Hand-Held Spectrometer Using Meta-Lenses

New hand-held spectrometers matching the same performance capacity of large, benchtop instruments have been designed by physicists from Harvard University. The details of the innovation are published in APL Photonics, from AIP Publishing.

10 Feb 2017

Safe Delivery of Therapeutic Genes by DNA Barcoding

Researchers used small snippets of DNA as “barcodes” to develop a new technique for rapidly screening the capability of nanoparticles to selectively deliver therapeutic genes to particular organs of the body. This new technique succeeded in accelerating the development and use of gene therapies for Parkinson’s disease, cancer and heart disease.

8 Feb 2017

New Model Accurately Predicts Electronic Properties of a Combination of 2D Semiconductors

Bandgap is the so-called defining property of a semiconductor, and it is considered to be a barrier that prevents electrons within a particular energy range from passing through a material.

7 Feb 2017

UCLA Physicists Mapped Coordinates of Numerous Individual Atoms in Nanoparticle

Perfection is very rate in the world of the minuscule: nearly all materials have flaws on the atomic level. Imperfections such as atoms of one type swapped for another, missing atoms, and

2 Feb 2017

Bismuth-Enhanced Nanotubes Improved for Use as X-Ray Contrast Agent

Researchers at Rice University have synthesized a new and significantly enhanced generation of contrast agents for tagging and real-time tracking of the body’s stem cells.

1 Feb 2017

New Technique to Create Water-Based 2D Inks for Biomedical Applications

A research team from The University of Manchester have developed a technique of developing water-based and inkjet printable 2D material inks, which could enable 2D crystal heterostructures to be moved from the laboratory into real-world products.

1 Feb 2017

New Model Describing Deformation and Breakup of Droplets Improves Nanoscale Printing and Spraying

The growing interest and demand for nanotechnology will result in an increasing need for nanoscale printing and spraying, which relies on depositing small drops of liquid onto a surface. A new theory explaining how such a nanosized droplet deforms and breaks up when it strikes a surface has been recently developed by researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing.

31 Jan 2017

Physicists Patent Detonation Technique to Mass-Produce Graphene

A research team from Kansas State University have discovered a new technique for mass-producing graphene, but without the use of catalysts, chemicals, and expensive machinery. The new technique involved the use of oxygen, hydrocarbon gas, and a spark plug.

27 Jan 2017