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Diamond-Studded Silk Wound Dressing Detects Infection and Improves Healing

Scientists have developed a next generation wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in burns, skin grafts and chronic wounds.

14 Oct 2020

New 2D Nanomaterial Acts as a Temperature Sensor

Researchers at KAUST have developed a layered material that can serve as an accurate temperature sensor by exploiting the same principle used in biological ion channels.

13 Oct 2020

Surface Phonon-Polaritons can Conduct Heat Away from Nanostructured Devices

The continuing progress in miniaturization of silicon microelectronic and photonic devices is causing cooling of the device structures to become increasingly challenging.

13 Oct 2020

Engineers Develop Plant-Based Spray for Use in Energy Devices and N95 Masks

Engineers have developed a new method to spray very thin wires produced from a plant-based material.

8 Oct 2020

The Promising Properties of 4D Nanomaterials for Tumor Treatment Revealed in a Study Published in ACS Nano

A research team of the University of Padua publishes an article in "ACS Nano" which explains how inorganic nanoparticles based on an alloy of gold and iron, two biocompatible elements and therefore particularly suitable for applications in the biomedical field, are able to biodegrade spontaneously in living organisms.

8 Oct 2020

New Approach to Turn Off Genes in Bone Marrow Cells Using Nanoparticles

Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to turn off specific genes in cells of the bone marrow, which play an important role in producing blood cells.

6 Oct 2020

Novel Method for Fabricating Nanoparticles from a Self-Assembling Polymer

Northwestern University researchers are casting a net for nanoparticles.

6 Oct 2020

Diamonds can Conduct Electricity When Deformed at the Nanoscale

According to predictions from a new study performed by an international group of researchers, diamond can conduct electricity similar to metals when it is deformed to nanoscale strains.

6 Oct 2020

Smarter Materials and Cars of the Future: OCSiAl Opens Its First Graphene Nanotube R&D Center in Europe

OCSiAl has opened its state-of-the-art R&D and technical support center designed to develop next gen materials with graphene nanotubes. The new center is located in Luxembourg – a hub for advanced technology companies, providing a home to innovative research institutes and global manufacturers.

From OCSiAl 5 Oct 2020

Researchers Study the Properties of Metal Nanoparticles Placed on Multicomponent Glasses

Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in collaboration with colleagues from the Alferov University, Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering RAS and University of Technology of Troyes have registered the formation of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as a result of infrared laser irradiation.

30 Sep 2020