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Researchers Use Nanoscale 3D Printing Technique to Produce Multi-Colored Light Field Prints

Wouldn't it be amazing if printed images can look three-dimensional (3D)- Unfortunately, conventional prints like photographs display two-dimensional (2D) images with a fixed appearance as they contain only intensity and colour information.

23 Jun 2021

Using Fumed Silica Nanoparticles to Improve Asphalt Road Pavement

Warm mix asphalt is gaining attention in the asphalt industry as an eco-friendly and sustainable technology.

23 Jun 2021

New System for Manipulating Very Small Biological Nanoparticles

A new system developed by engineers at Duke University could help manipulate particles nearing the minuscule DNA diameter of 2.5 nm with the help of sound-induced electric fields.

23 Jun 2021

Engineered Nanobodies can Help Combat SARS-CoV-2 Virus and its Variants

Researchers are exploring a new strategy in the protracted fight against the infamous SARS-CoV-2 virus by designing nanobodies. These nanobodies are capable of neutralizing the virus variants in two different ways.

23 Jun 2021

New Engineering Strategy to Construct Profragrance Nanoparticles for Industrial Applications

Fragrances are functional molecules with a pleasant scent that are widely used in aqueous products and on surfaces such as textiles, leather and wallpaper.

22 Jun 2021

New Process Creates Fluorinated Nanodiamonds, Graphene and Concentric Carbon

Diamond could merely be a phase that carbon experiences when it is exposed to a flash of heat, but that makes it far easier to realize.

22 Jun 2021

Graphene Drum: Researchers Develop New Phonon Laser Design

Professor Konstantin Arutyunov of the HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, together with Chinese researchers, has developed a graphene-based mechanical resonator, in which coherent emission of sound energy quanta, or phonons, has been induced.

21 Jun 2021

Atomic-Scale Control of Graphene Towards Macroscopic World

Graphene consists of carbon atoms arranged in a chicken-wire like pattern. This one-atom-thick material is famous for its many extraordinary properties, such as extreme strength and remarkable capability to conduct electricity.

21 Jun 2021

New Platform can Detect Biomarker of Radiation-Resistant Malignant Cancer Using TpTta-COF Nanosheet

In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Jiangnan University, China have prepared a convenient sensing platform which can detect microRNA-205 with high sensitivity and excellent selectivity using TpTta-COF nanosheet and fluorescent oligonucleotide probes.

18 Jun 2021

Breaking 2D Material's Symmetry can Create a Novel Optoelectronic Phenomenon

Optoelectronic materials that are capable of converting the energy of light into electricity, and electricity into light, have promising applications as light-emitting, energy-harvesting, and sensing technologies.

18 Jun 2021

Nanodecoy Therapy is an Effective Alternative to Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Nanodecoys are made from human lung spheroid cells (LSCs). They bind and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus, promoting viral clearance and reducing injury to the lungs in a COVID-19 macaque model.

18 Jun 2021

Urban Waste Being Used to Create Graphene

Graphenea is part of a flagship project CIRCULAR BIOCARBON, which kicked off this week, and which has been awarded over 23 M€ to develop a first-of-its kind flagship biorefinery, designed to turn the organic fractio...

18 Jun 2021

Oxford Instruments plc Reaches Agreement to Buy WITec GmbH

Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high-technology solutions, information and services for industry and research, today announces the acquisition of WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH, a leading provider of Raman microscopy imaging solutions, based in Ulm, Germany, for a cash-free, debt-free consideration of €42m, of which €5m is conditional on trading performance over a period of 12 months following completion.

From Oxford Instruments plc 18 Jun 2021

WITec GmbH Joins Oxford Instruments plc

The management team of WITec GmbH is proud to announce that WITec was acquired by Oxford Instruments plc, a UK based company that has a great reputation in the scientific community, and in the future will be part of their Materials Analysis Group.

From WITec GmbH 18 Jun 2021

Study Reveals Effect of Environmental Factors on the Nanostructure of Bioplastics

A biologist from RUDN University has investigated the aggressive effect of environmental factors, such as ozone, salts and water, on ultrathin nanofibers of biopolymers.

17 Jun 2021