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New Nanotool Helps Characterizing Mechanical Properties of Biomolecules

LMU physicists have developed a unique nanotool capable of providing an easy way to characterize the mechanical properties of biomolecules.

24 Oct 2016

Gold Nanoparticles May Help Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

A pancreatic cancer diagnosis is often a death sentence for patients because both radiation and chemotherapy have very little effect on the disease. According to the National Institutes of Health, there will be nearly 53,000 new cases and 42,000 deaths due to pancreatic cancer this year in the U.S.

20 Oct 2016

Two New Catalysts Help in Effectively Eliminating Harmful Chlorine Compounds from Water

Recently, two new catalysts have been developed by the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw in partnership with the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. These catalysts have been designed especially for effective treatment of tap water and also for the elimination of harmful chlorine compounds.

20 Oct 2016

Rice University Researchers Find Ways to Improve Graphene Nanoribbons

For decades, carbon fiber has been considered as a pillar of strength in the field of materials manufacturing. Rice University scientists are now finding ways to improve these carbon fibers to enhance its properties.

20 Oct 2016

Researchers Work Out New Eco-Friendly Method for Making Silicon Nanowires

Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed a new eco-friendly method to make silicon nanowires. This process may allow researchers to replace hydrofluoric acid (HF) with ammonium fluoride (NH4F).

19 Oct 2016

Researchers Build Diamond Micro-Anvils to Produce Immense Pressures to Create Novel Materials

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are set to apply pressures greater than those known to exist at the center of the Earth to potentially develop yet unidentified new materials.

19 Oct 2016

Ground-Breaking Light-Activated Semiconductor Nanocomposite Material Moves in Response to Light

A team of researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have presented a paper describing a novel light-activated phenomenon that has the potential to become the foundation for applications as diverse as microscopic robotic grippers, optical telecommunications systems, and more efficient solar cells.

18 Oct 2016

New Nanowire-Quantum Dot Approach Shows Promise for Splitting Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen Fuel

Scientists are pursuing a tiny solution for harnessing one of the world’s most abundant sources of clean energy: Water.

18 Oct 2016

MIPT Researchers Demonstrate Development of Compact Sources of Coherent Plasmons

The possibility to develop compact sources of coherent plasmons has been theoretically demonstrated by researchers from MIPT’s Laboratory of 2D Materials’ Optoelectronics, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, and Tohoku University (Japan).

17 Oct 2016

Scientists Control Nanoballoons using Static Electricity

Molecular-sized machines could be used to manipulate significant bodily mechanisms in the future. In a recent study, scientists from Umeå University and the University of California, Berkeley have electrostatically controlled a nanoballoon consisting of a carbon molecule 10,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair, to switch between collapsed and inflated state.

14 Oct 2016

Nanomaterials News

New Nanotool Helps Characterizing Mechanical Properties of Biomolecules

Gold Nanoparticles May Help Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Two New Catalysts Help in Effectively Eliminating Harmful Chlorine Compounds from Water

Rice University Researchers Find Ways to Improve Graphene Nanoribbons

Researchers Work Out New Eco-Friendly Method for Making Silicon Nanowires

Researchers Build Diamond Micro-Anvils to Produce Immense Pressures to Create Novel Materials

Ground-Breaking Light-Activated Semiconductor Nanocomposite Material Moves in Response to Light

New Nanowire-Quantum Dot Approach Shows Promise for Splitting Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen Fuel

MIPT Researchers Demonstrate Development of Compact Sources of Coherent Plasmons

Scientists Control Nanoballoons using Static Electricity

Revolutionizing Superconductivity: 60K Temperature Findings

Enhancing Osteogenesis in hBMSCs Using Single-Layer Graphene Oxide Nanosheets

Archer Improves the Functionality of Its 12CQ Quantum Project with International Partners

New Magnetic Nanodiscs for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

New Technique Boosts Efficiency of Eco-Friendly Solar Cells

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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