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New Method to Add Electrical Charge to Atomically Thin Graphene Device

At Washington University in St. Louis, a group of physicists has found ways to add electrical charge locally to an atomically thin graphene device by adding multiple layers of flakes of another thin material called alpha-RuCl3 over it.

15 Jan 2021

Avalanching Nanoparticles may Advance Real-Time Bioimaging of Cells

Since the earliest microscopes, scientists have been on a quest to build instruments with finer and finer resolution to image a cell's proteins - the tiny machines that keep cells, and us, running.

15 Jan 2021

Study Shows Therapeutic Potential of Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivering Therapies Before Birth

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania have identified ionizable lipid nanoparticles that could be used to deliver mRNA as part of fetal therapy.

15 Jan 2021

Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscope Used to Improve Lithium Battery Performance

Lithium-ion batteries (LIB) are extensively used in various day-to-day products, like cell phones, hybrid cars, etc.

15 Jan 2021

STREM Chemicals, Inc. Licenses New Class of Air-Stable Ni(0) Pre-Catalysts from Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

STREM Chemicals, Inc. has licensed a technology based on recent developments in the field of Ni(0) (pre)catalysts from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung respectively the associated Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH. The new Ni(0)-olefin pre-catalyst provides a simple, scalable and modular Ni(0) source which is stable to air and room temperature and retains the reactivity demonstrated by Ni(0) catalysts currently used in organic chemistry and industrially relevant transformations.

15 Jan 2021

How Graphene Sensors Could Help Gather Rapid COVID Test Results

Researchers from CalTech have developed a standalone low-cost COVID-19 test that can deliver results in 10 minutes, at home, even for people showing no symptoms.

By Robert Lea 14 Jan 2021

STREM Chemicals, Inc. Licenses New Class of Air-Stable Ni(0) Pre-Catalysts from Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

From Strem Chemicals 13 Jan 2021

UT Austin Researcher Recognized for Using Nanotechnology to Provide World-Changing Solutions

Guihua Yu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of the 2021 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Engineering from TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas).

13 Jan 2021

Nanoparticle Vaccine Technology Could Offer Protection from Different Coronaviruses

The SARS-CoV-2 virus that is causing the COVID-19 pandemic is just one of many different viruses in the coronavirus family. Many of these are circulating in populations of animals like bats and have the potential to "jump" into the human population, just as SARS-CoV-2 did.

13 Jan 2021

New Nanomagnetism Principle for Next-Generation Memory Devices

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) reports that a team of researchers under Dr Kyoung-Whan Kim from the Center for Spintronics has come up with a new principle for spin memory devices—regarded as the next-generation memory devices.

13 Jan 2021

NTU Singapore Develops Oral Insulin Nanoparticles That Could Be An Alternative To Jabs

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed insulin nanoparticles that may one day become the basis for an oral medicine, and an alternative to insulin injections for diabetic patients.

13 Jan 2021

Simple One-Drop Approach is Cheaper and Faster for Nanosheet Tiling

Scientists at Japan's Nagoya University and the National Institute for Materials Science have found that a simple one-drop approach is cheaper and faster for tiling functional nanosheets together in a single layer. If the process, described in the journal ACS Nano, can be scaled up, it could advance development of next-generation oxide electronics.

13 Jan 2021

Rice Scientists Successfully “Flashed” Bulk Amounts of 2D Dichalcogenides

Rice University scientists have extended their technique to produce graphene in a flash to tailor the properties of other 2D materials.

12 Jan 2021

Research Reports Confined Growth of ZIF-8 Nanocrystals for Upregulated mRNA Translation

Delivery of genetic molecules such as mRNA into cells is vital with important applications such as vaccine development. Various agents have been developed for mRNA delivery. However, conventional mRNA nanocarriers mainly focus on their physical interaction with mRNA molecules, or protection / delivery of mRNA, such as adjusting physical properties of nanocarriers to control binding with mRNA or cellular uptake.

12 Jan 2021

New One-Step Process Helps Create Tunable, Self-Assembled Metamaterials

A research team, headed by scientists from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, has identified a revolutionary one-step process for producing materials with exceptional properties, known as metamaterials.

12 Jan 2021

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New Method to Add Electrical Charge to Atomically Thin Graphene Device

Avalanching Nanoparticles may Advance Real-Time Bioimaging of Cells

Study Shows Therapeutic Potential of Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivering Therapies Before Birth

Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscope Used to Improve Lithium Battery Performance

STREM Chemicals, Inc. Licenses New Class of Air-Stable Ni(0) Pre-Catalysts from Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

How Graphene Sensors Could Help Gather Rapid COVID Test Results

STREM Chemicals, Inc. Licenses New Class of Air-Stable Ni(0) Pre-Catalysts from Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

UT Austin Researcher Recognized for Using Nanotechnology to Provide World-Changing Solutions

Nanoparticle Vaccine Technology Could Offer Protection from Different Coronaviruses

New Nanomagnetism Principle for Next-Generation Memory Devices

NTU Singapore Develops Oral Insulin Nanoparticles That Could Be An Alternative To Jabs

Simple One-Drop Approach is Cheaper and Faster for Nanosheet Tiling

Rice Scientists Successfully “Flashed” Bulk Amounts of 2D Dichalcogenides

Research Reports Confined Growth of ZIF-8 Nanocrystals for Upregulated mRNA Translation

New One-Step Process Helps Create Tunable, Self-Assembled Metamaterials

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