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Coronavirus Disinfectants Become More Effective with Nanomaterial

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the usage of disinfectants based on peroxide has skyrocketed.

23 Feb 2023

Enhancing Graphene Bilayer’s Superconductivity

About 10 years ago, scientists announced the discovery of a new class of ultrathin materials that could compete with the exceptional optical and electrical characteristics of graphene, a type of carbon discovered in 2004 that fascinates both scientists and engineers.

23 Feb 2023

Particle Works is Optimizing mRNA-LNP Formulation with Automated Microfluidic Systems

Particle Works, a leading provider of game-changing microfluidic nanoparticle synthesis platforms, is collaborating with NanoVation Therapeutics UK to reduce the time and costs associated with the screening of new lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations for use in drug delivery applications.

23 Feb 2023

Innovations Created by 2012 DOE Early Career Award Winner

The DOE Early Career Research Program Award allowed me to form a team of passionate scientists and engineers. Together we developed the novel synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy (SX-STM) technique and constructed a one-of-a-kind microscope.

22 Feb 2023

Using Self-Assembling Nanoparticles in Solar Energy Harvesting

A promising eco-friendly energy harvesting method called solar-thermal technology has a crucial role to play in resolving the crisis of fossil fuel energy.

22 Feb 2023

ALIO Industries Steps up to Meet Demands of Laser Processing Applications

Leading nanometer-precision motion control specialist, ALIO Industries, has developed motion control solutions perfectly matched for a range of exacting laser processing applications.

From ALIO Industries 22 Feb 2023

Biocytogen Launches “Nano 100 Project” to Develop Fully Human Nanobody Therapeutics for Over 100 Targets

Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co., Ltd. ("Biocytogen") today announced the launch of the “Nano 100 Project”, which aims to develop fully human nanobody drugs for over 100 targets.

21 Feb 2023

Unique Design Secures Unprecedented Stability at 600X Magnification on New Digital Dicroscope from TAGARNO

TAGARNO’s new FRONT digital microscopes solves a common problem for microscope operators: interference from nearby vibrations.

From TAGARNO 21 Feb 2023

Quantum Motion Raises £42 Million Investment Round Led by Bosch Ventures

Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing scale-up founded by Professor John Morton, UCL, and Professor Simon Benjamin, Oxford University, has raised over £42 million in equity funding from some of the world’s leading quantum and technology investors.

21 Feb 2023

New Paragraf Manufacturing Facility to Massively Boost Production of Graphene-Based Electronic Devices

Paragraf, the first company in the world to deliver a scalable approach to graphene electronic device manufacturing, has taken possession of a second manufacturing site in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

From Paragraf Ltd. 21 Feb 2023

Watercycle Technologies Ltd Signs Agreement with Energia Minerals Srl to Test Direct Lithium Extraction and Crystallization System on Italian Geothermal Lithium Barring Brines

Manchester based Watercycle Technologies Ltd, a deep tech company focused on developing sustainable, high-yield, low-cost, mineral extraction and water treatment systems has signed an agreement with Energia Minerals Srl, a subsidiary of ASX listed Altamin Limited, to produce lithium carbonate from Energia’s Galería EL geothermal brine projects in the Lazio Region of central Italy utilising Watercycle’s proprietary Direct Lithium Extraction and Crystallisation technology.

From Watercycle Technologies Ltd 21 Feb 2023

Engineering Silicon Nanowires to Convert Sunlight into Electricity

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed silicon nanowires that can convert sunlight into electricity by splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen gas, providing a greener alternative to fossil fuels.

20 Feb 2023

Magnetite Nanoclusters Covered in Carbon Could Boost Cancer Therapy

A near-infrared (NIR)-II-responsive carbon-coated iron oxide nanocluster has been reported recently by Professor Hui Wang collectively with Professor Wenchu Lin and associate Professor Junchao Qian from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

20 Feb 2023

SMART Researchers Develop First Nanotube Sensors Capable of Detecting and Distinguishing Gibberellin Plant Hormones

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore and their collaborators from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have developed the first ever nanosensor that can detect and distinguish gibberellins (GAs), a class of hormones in plants that are important for growth.

20 Feb 2023

Noble Metal Electrocatalysts: Benefits of Chemical Functionalization

Electrocatalysis is an interface-dominated process, in which the catalyst activity is highly related to the adsorption or desorption behaviors of the intermediates or reactants, or products on the active sites.

17 Feb 2023