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Llama Antibodies Could be a Strong Nanoweapon Against COVID-19

Today in Science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine describe a new method to extract tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned into inhalable therapeutics with the potential to prevent and treat COVID-19.

6 Nov 2020

High Performance Nanopositioning Controller for Piezo Stages Provides 270W Peak Power and Nanometer Level Precision

PI offers a high performance version of its E-727 family of multi-axis piezo nanopositioning controllers.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 5 Nov 2020

New Method Helps Develop Carbon Nanotube Forest of Record Length

Currently, a wide range of industries, such as electronics, optics, drug delivery, and water purification, employ nanometer-wide rolls of honeycomb-shaped graphite sheets known as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to achieve innovations at a scale like never before.

5 Nov 2020

Novel Linear Nanomotors can be Moved in Controlled Directions Using Light

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS) have designed novel linear nanomotors that can be moved in controlled directions using light. This work opens the way for new microfluidics, including lab-on-a-chip systems with optically actuated pumps and valves.

5 Nov 2020

University of Freiburg and Park Systems Europe Announce the 4th NanoScientific Forum Europe on September 15-17, 2021

After the successful 3rd virtual edition of the 2020 NSFE, we are excited to invite researchers from all fields of Scanning Probe Microscopy to the fourth edition of the NanoScientific Forum Europe as a live event in the charming city of Freiburg, Germany.

5 Nov 2020

Bacterial Protein Cages Used as Nanoscale Bioreactors to Produce Hydrogen

A group of scientists from the University of Liverpool has revealed new possibilities for the upcoming development of clean, sustainable bioenergy.

4 Nov 2020

Rice Researchers Expand Theory on Converting Graphene into 2D Diamond

Marrying two layers of graphene is an easy route to the blissful formation of nanoscale diamond, but sometimes thicker is better.

2 Nov 2020

Researchers Suggest New Way for Making Graphene-Based Nanodiamond

An easy way to form nanoscale diamonds would be to combine two layers of graphene but, at times, thicker can turn out to be better.

30 Oct 2020

New Nanomedicine Approach Could Improve Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccine

Researchers led by the University at Buffalo (UB) have devised a new method that could enhance the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that is responsible for causing COVID-19.

29 Oct 2020

New Artificial Cell on a Chip Based on Microfluidic Technology

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking biochemical reaction cascades in cells.

29 Oct 2020

Novel Nanomedicine Approach Could be Key for COVID-19 Vaccine

A University at Buffalo-led research team has discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19.

29 Oct 2020

Microfluidizer Enables Scalable Production of High Conductivity Carbon Nanotubes

Analytik reports on pioneering work undertaken by Professor Welland’s group at the Nanoscience Centre in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge (UK) using a LM20 Microfluidizer to help produce high conductivity carbon nanotube films.

From Analytik Ltd 29 Oct 2020

Study Illustrates Paradox Behind Quantum Forces in Nanodevices

A group of researchers at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) have come up with a new method to illustrate the interaction of metals with electromagnetic fluctuations (i.e., with random bursts of magnetic and electric fields).

28 Oct 2020

New Turnkey Tabletop System for Fast, Precise Hall Measurement and Analysis

The new MeasureReady™ FastHall™ Station from Lake Shore Cryotronics is a fully integrated, high-precision tabletop measurement system

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 28 Oct 2020

Gold Nanotubes Could be Used to Treat Asbestos-Related Cancers

Gold nanotubes - tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair - could be used to treat mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, according to a team of researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Leeds.

27 Oct 2020