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New Platform can Make 3D Superconducting Nano-Architectures with DNA

Three-dimensional nanostructured materials--those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter--that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices.

11 Nov 2020

Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticle Metasurfaces can Improve Resolution for Live-Cell Imaging

In the quest to image exceedingly small structures and phenomenon with higher precision, scientists have been pushing the limits of optical microscope resolution, but these advances often come with increased complication and cost.

9 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

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

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

New Protocol to Accurately Assess Immune Properties of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles

Therapeutic nucleic acids - lab-created segments of DNA or RNA, designed be used to block or modify genes, control gene expression or regulate other cellular processes - are a promising but still emerging area of biomedical treatment, with several drugs already in use and many more in trials.

27 Oct 2020

Scientists Synthesize Graphene Nanoribbons that Could Advance Quantum Devices

An international multi-institution team of scientists has synthesized graphene nanoribbons - ultrathin strips of carbon atoms - on a titanium dioxide surface using an atomically precise method that removes a barrier for custom-designed carbon nanostructures required for quantum information sciences.

27 Oct 2020

New Nanocatalyst can Convert Greenhouse Gases into Hydrogen

Researchers have created a new nanocatalyst that can be used to recycle major greenhouse gases, such as methane and carbon dioxide, into extremely valuable hydrogen gas.

27 Oct 2020