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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

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

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

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

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

Rubbery Properties of RNA Nanoparticles Provide High Tumor Targeting Efficiency

A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute shows that RNA nanoparticles have elastic and rubbery properties that help explain why these particles target tumors so efficiently and why they possess lower toxicity in animal studies.

15 Sep 2020

Bio-Rad Introduces StarBright Violet 515 Dye for Flow Cytometry

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of StarBright Violet 515 (SBV515) Dye, the first of a new range of unique fluorescent nanoparticles, for use in flow cytometry.

From Bio-Rad Laboratories 14 Sep 2020

Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Nanofluid can Efficiently Recover Heavy Oil from Reservoirs

A group of scientists from the University of Houston has recently demonstrated that a non-toxic and low-cost nanofluid can be applied to efficiently recover even highly viscous heavy oil from reservoirs.

11 Sep 2020