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Controlling Nanomaterial Surface Texture to Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria

The COVID-19 pandemic has been increasing the fears of new pathogens like drug-resistant bacteria or new viruses. A Korean research group has recently gained attention for designing a new technology to eliminate antibiotic-resistant bacteria by regulating the surface texture of nanomaterials.

11 Jan 2021

Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy Helps Observe Factor-Pooling by Ribosomes

In cells, ribosomes are considered as the complexes of ribonucleoproteins central to the synthesis of proteins. But the lack of concrete evidence has made it difficult to understand how such complexes function.

11 Jan 2021

Electrospun Nanofibrous Filters Could Protect Against Coronavirus Particles

A new study has demonstrated that an innovative electrospun nanofibrous air filtration system may be invaluable for improving personal protective equipment and indoor air filtration systems. This could help to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The research was published on the medRxiv* preprint server.

By Sarah Moore 11 Jan 2021

Carbon Nanotubes-Based Self-Perceptive Soft Actuator for Underwater Sensing

In fishes, the swim bladder acts as a resonator to sense the ambient environment, while also enabling the fish to realize a manageable vertical motion via the deflation and reversible inflation of the bladder in water.

8 Jan 2021

Nanodroplets and Ultrasound Drill can Help Eliminate Tough Blood Clots

Engineering researchers have developed a new technique for eliminating particularly tough blood clots, using engineered nanodroplets and an ultrasound "drill" to break up the clots from the inside out. The technique has not yet gone through clinical testing. In vitro testing has shown promising results.

8 Jan 2021

New Shape-Shifting Nanomaterial Holds Potential for Biomedical Applications

Chemists have developed a nanomaterial that they can trigger to shape shift -- from flat sheets to tubes and back to sheets again -- in a controllable fashion.

8 Jan 2021

Carbon Nanotube Membranes can Enable Rapid Dialysis Processes

Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found that ultra-rapid dialysis processes could be achieved by carbon nanotube membrane pores, resulting in considerably reduced treatment time for patients undergoing hemodialysis.

8 Jan 2021

New Atomically Smooth Silicon Pyramids Exhibit Unusual Magnetics Properties

Home appliances, mobile phones, cars, and other day-to-day technologies have been completely transformed by ultrasmall integrated circuits.

7 Jan 2021

Newly Discovered Nanocatalyst Displays Higher Stability, Durability

Catalysts form part of numerous aspects of modern society. They accelerate crucial chemical reactions, thus supporting industrial manufacturing and minimizing hazardous emissions.

5 Jan 2021

A Nanomechanical Approach for Stretching Microfabricated Diamonds

Diamond is the hardest material in nature. But out of many expectations, it also has great potential as an excellent electronic material. A joint research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has demonstrated for the first time the large, uniform tensile elastic straining of microfabricated diamond arrays through the nanomechanical approach.

4 Jan 2021

Researchers Find a Way to Enhance the Sensitivity of Existing Microscopy Technology

Experts in optical physics have developed a new way to see inside living cells in greater detail using existing microscopy technology and without needing to add stains or fluorescent dyes.

4 Jan 2021

New Study Could Revolutionize the Field of Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy

Fluorescence microscopy is widely used in biochemistry and life sciences because it allows scientists to directly observe cells and certain compounds in and around them.

4 Jan 2021

New Nanoparticle Platform Could Help Treat Various Neurological Disorders

Over the last few decades, scientists have established the biological pathways that cause neurodegenerative diseases and have created potential molecular agents to target these pathways.

4 Jan 2021

High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Reveals Structure, Dynamics of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Kanazawa University's pioneering high-speed atomic force microscope technology has now shed light on the structure and dynamics of some of life's most ubiquitous and inscrutable molecules - intrinsically disordered proteins. The study is reported in Nature Nanotechnology .

29 Dec 2020

Mathematical Formulas Describe Physical Phenomenon in Quantum Dots, Other Nanomaterials

Theoretical physicists Yoshimichi Teratani and Akira Oguri of Osaka City University, and Rui Sakano of the University of Tokyo have developed mathematical formulas that describe a physical phenomenon happening within quantum dots and other nanosized materials.

24 Dec 2020