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New Superconducting Nanowire Could Advance Superconducting Electronics

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without any resistance. They have excellent potential and offer a macroscopic glimpse into quantum phenomena, which can generally be observed only at the atomic level.

12 Feb 2021

2D Materials Vibrate When Excited with Light

Current electronic components in computers, mobile phones and many other devices are based on microstructured silicon carriers. However, this technology has almost reached its physical limits and the smallest possible structure sizes.

12 Feb 2021

Magnetic Nanoparticles can be Manipulated to Destroy Cancer Cells

Researchers from the Scientific and Educational Center “Smart Materials and Biomedical Applications” have performed a joint interdisciplinary research work on the development of a novel approach for treating leukemia through nanomaterials.

12 Feb 2021

Nanowire Could Provide a Stable, Easy-to-make Superconducting Transistor

Superconductors — materials that conduct electricity without resistance — are remarkable. They provide a macroscopic glimpse into quantum phenomena, which are usually observable only at the atomic level. Beyo...

12 Feb 2021

A New Method to Integrate 2D Materials into Semiconductor Manufacturing Lines

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a huge potential for providing devices with much smaller size and extended functionalities with respect to what can be achieved with today's silicon technologies. But to exploit this potential we must be able to integrate 2D materials into semiconductor manufacturing lines - a notoriously difficult step. A team of Graphene Flagship researchers in Sweden and Germany now reports a new method to make this work.

11 Feb 2021

Novel Gel-Creation Method Using Nanoparticles Could Have a Variety of Industrial Uses

Oil and water may not mix, but adding the right nanoparticles to the recipe can convert these two immiscible fluids into an exotic gel with uses ranging from batteries to water filters to tint-changing smart windows. A new approach to creating this unusual class of soft materials could carry them out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.

11 Feb 2021

Next-Generation Nanotherapy Shows Promise to Fight Against Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly known as angioplasty with a stent, opens clogged arteries and saves lives. Despite its benefit in treating atherosclerosis that causes coronary artery disease, this common minimally-invasive procedure still poses severe complications for some patients.

11 Feb 2021

A Form of Magnetism Emerges from ‘Magnetic Graphene’

A deeper understanding of superconductivity could be on the horizon, thanks to the discovery of a new form of magnetism.

By Robert Lea 10 Feb 2021

Researchers Create Artificial Bone Using a Hot Nano-Chisel

A holy grail for orthopedic research is a method for not only creating artificial bone tissue that precisely matches the real thing, but does so in such microscopic detail that it includes tiny structures potentially important for stem cell differentiation, which is key to bone regeneration.

10 Feb 2021

Permanent Bond Antimicrobial Coating-stopping Coronaviruses that like to Travel

The public transport industry is emerging from the skeleton services that operated during lockdown 3.0 and once again it aims to provide a safe environment for passengers to feel comfortable to ride on buses, trains and trams again.

From Signo-Nanocare UK Ltd 10 Feb 2021

Novel Analytical Tools Developed by SMART Key to Next-Generation Agriculture

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision Interdisciplinary Research Group of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, highlight the potential of recently developed analytical tools that are rapid and non-destructive, with a proof of concept through first-generation examples.

10 Feb 2021

Nanothermometry to Improve Anticancer Strategies

IMDEA Nanociencia researchers measure the nanoscale heating of gold-based nanoparticles and find high temperature variations within the nanoscopic volume.

10 Feb 2021

Dye-Based Nanoparticles Could be Used in New Imaging Techniques

In a new study, physicists and chemists from Martin Luther University (MLU) have demonstrated a new approach in which tiny nanoparticles can be equipped with dyes and how these particles could be used in novel imaging techniques.

9 Feb 2021

New Microscopy Raises the Prospect of Force Sensing at the Fundamental Limit

In the early 1980s, the advent of scanning probe microscopes revolutionized imaging, paving a way into the nanoscale realm.

8 Feb 2021

Unused Molecular Component of Perovskites Could Add to Their Electronic Property

Materials scientists from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) together with their collaborators have found that perovskites, a family of potential materials that could be used for making economical, high-performance LEDs and solar cells have a hitherto unused molecular component that can additionally tune the electronic property of perovskites.

8 Feb 2021