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Los Alamos' Nano Light-Based Systems Advance Next-Gen Tech

Traditional microelectronic systems, which use transistors to regulate electrical currents along wires, power everything from complex computers to household appliances.

9 Feb 2024

Cornell's Lawsone-Coated Cotton Bandages Show Potential

A multidisciplinary group of researchers at Cornell University has discovered a novel method for using the antibacterial and antioxidant characteristics of botanical compound lawsone to create cotton bandages coated with nanofibers that prevent infection and promote faster wound healing.

9 Feb 2024

Beyond Plastic Particles: Nanoplastics Discovery Raises Concerns

Empa researchers have recently demonstrated that some nanoplastics are made up of water-insoluble oligomers rather than plastic particles. The consequences they have on people and the environment are not yet fully understood.

9 Feb 2024

Researchers Reveal Localized Emission Phenomena in WSe2

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) discovered that bending tungsten diselenide, instead of stretching it, induces localized emission in semiconductor 2D materials, offering new opportunities for quantum technologies; findings were published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

8 Feb 2024

Waveguide Performance Could Benefit From MXene Coating

The waveguide, a metal tube used to direct radio waves, is a critical component of satellites that enable communications. It is also one of the heaviest payloads that satellites transport into orbit.

8 Feb 2024

Nanopore Proximity Impacts Filtering Ability of Membranes

Explore recent research led by Prof. Amir Haji-Akbari's team, elucidating the critical impact of precise pore placement in nanoporous membranes. Their study, published in ACS Nano, challenges conventional understanding and offers insights into optimizing membrane designs for enhanced permeability and selectivity.???????

8 Feb 2024

DNA Nanoparticles as Both Carrier and Medicine

For the past 20 years, researchers have been creating nanoparticles from DNA strands by modifying the connections that keep DNA in its double-helical form. This allows them to create self-assembling molecules which could one day have astounding therapeutic uses.

8 Feb 2024

Advanced Photoelectrochemical Cells with MoS2 Nanoflakes

Dong Ick Son (Department of Nanomaterials and Nano Science, University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea); Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology; and Donghee Park (Center for Opto-Electronic Materials and Devices, Post-Silicon Semiconductor Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea) are the research leaders for this initiative.

8 Feb 2024

Unlocking New Potential in Light Confinement with Nanocavities

A group of Israeli and European scientists has redefined the boundaries of light confinement and introduced an innovative type of polaritonic cavity, which is a major step forward for quantum nanophotonics

8 Feb 2024

PI USA Invests in New Production Facility in MA to Support Continued Growth of High-Tech Solutions

Awarding the contract for a new on-shore production facility is another step in The PI Group’s multi-year growth plan. Auburn, MA – PI, the global leader in nanopositioning, ultra-precision motion contro...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 7 Feb 2024

Multiverse Computing and Single Quantum Launch Materials Science Research Contract with German Aerospace Center

Multiverse Computing, a global leader in value-based quantum computing solutions, and Single Quantum, the global market leader in superconducting nanowire single photon detectors, today announced an industrial materials science research and development project under a USD $1.4 million contract with the German Aerospace Center’s DLR Quantum Computing Initiative (DLR QCI).

7 Feb 2024

Pore Power: High-Speed Droplet Production in Microfluidic Devices

Over the last two decades, ongoing research in microfluidics has faced challenges in applications due to the restricted productivity of microdroplets.

7 Feb 2024

Dotz Secures Up to A$12 Million to Accelerate the Development of Carbon Capture Technology

Dotz Nano Limited is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic funding agreement with Mercer Street Global Opportunity Fund, LLC (Mercer), a prominent US-based investment fund, to raise up to A$12 million via issuance of convertible notes.

7 Feb 2024

Harnessing Nanotechnology to Preserve Crops

The fungus genus Ceratobasidium has been identified as the cause of cassava witches’ broom disease, thanks to a recent advance in DNA sequencing technology.

6 Feb 2024

Could Magnesium Enhance Tantalum's Quantum Potential?

Researchers at the DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States have found that a coating of magnesium enhances the characteristics of tantalum, a superconducting material with a lot of potential for creating qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers.

6 Feb 2024