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Nanotech Filter Coating Captures Aerosolized Droplets of COVID-19 Virus

A physics professor from the University of Houston has developed a nanotech coating designed to allow air filters to capture airborne or aerosolized droplets of the virus that causes COVID-19.

30 Sep 2020

Global Graphene Group Awarded Patent on Elastic Anode Battery Materials

Global Graphene Group (G3), a Dayton, Ohio-based materials science company, was recently awarded a US Patent that is in-line with leading EV OEM technical solution roadmaps.

From Global Graphene Group 30 Sep 2020

Carbon Nanotube Implants Offer Therapeutic Approach for Spinal Injuries

New research performed by SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) and the University of Trieste has demonstrated that carbon nanotube implants can effectively restore motor functions, paving the way for a novel therapeutic method for spinal cord injuries.

29 Sep 2020

Stable Nano-Carrier Releases Drugs Only in Diseased Cells

Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach not only the unhealthy cells for which they are intended, but also reach and have an impact on healthy cells.

28 Sep 2020

New Nanodevice Acts Almost Like a Brain Cell

In the September issue of the journal Nature, scientists from Texas A&M University, Hewlett Packard Labs and Stanford University have described a new nanodevice that acts almost identically to a brain cell.

24 Sep 2020

ESS-ILL User Meeting Bring Together Researchers within Neutron Science

Neutron science is fundamental for the advanced materials research needed to address societal challenges of our time. This week more than 770 scientists are meeting digitally to share and discuss neutron research progress in the development of new smart materials, better medicines and sustainable energy and transport solutions.

24 Sep 2020

Using Nanomaterials to Decontaminate Water

Molybdenum Disulfide can be of great use in water filtration, but difficulties in producing large amounts of the substance have hindered its use. Now, an international team of researchers has found that the production of the substance in nanoribbons could allow the scaling up of fabrication.

23 Sep 2020

Nanoparticle COVID-19 Model Could Potentially Speed the Search for Drugs

A team of scientists from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., has developed a new tool that mimics how SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- infects a cell, information that could potentially speed the search for treatments against the disease.

22 Sep 2020

Center for Nanoscale Science Renews NSF Support for Six Years

The Center for Nanoscale Science, a National Science Foundation Materials Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), has again successfully renewed its NSF support in the highly competitive MRSEC program.

22 Sep 2020

Shape Affects Nanocatalyst’s Ability to Photocatalyze Chemical Reactions

Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light.

21 Sep 2020

Magnetic Properties of Ultrathin Materials can be Studied Using New Nano-Microscope

Australian researchers and their colleagues from Russia and China have shown that it is possible to study the magnetic properties of ultrathin materials directly, via a new microscopy technique that opens the door to the discovery of more two-dimensional magnetic materials, with all sorts of potential applications.

21 Sep 2020

Researchers Design Smaller Electrical Nanolasers

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King's College London cleared the obstacle that had prevented the creation of electrically driven nanolasers for integrated circuits.

17 Sep 2020

Self-Assembled Peptide-Based Nanotubes Show Promise for Energy Harvesting Applications

Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity are typically made from metal oxides and lead-based perovskites.

16 Sep 2020

Researchers Develop Nanomedicine to Treat Prostate Cancer More Efficiently

Scientists have produced and patented a novel nanomedicine (theranostic system) for diagnosing and treating prostate cancer.

16 Sep 2020

Vacuum Compatible Miniature Linear and Rotary Stages, New from PI

PI’s family of miniature micro and nanopositioning stages is expanding with the new RS-40 rotary stage and M-111 linear stages as engineers gave specific consideration to material selection, use of lubricants and coatings, and outbakeing temperatures for high and ultra-high vacuum conditions.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 16 Sep 2020