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Turning fish waste into quality carbon-based nanomaterial: Scientists develop a simple, fast, and energy-efficient synthesis method for producing exceptional carbon nano-onions from fish scales

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Carbon nano-onions (CNOs), a form of carbon nanostructure with excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, find several applications in biomedicine, bioimaging, energy conversion, and electronics. However, conventional methods to produce them...

Aug 1, 2022

Graphene-Based Electrochemical Sensing of Dangerous Herbicide

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Although glyphosate is a widely used nontoxic herbicide, its in-field detection is challenging due to the lack of portable equipment. Despite the presence of this herbicide in surface waters, farmers’ urine, and crop residues, rapid field-deployab...

Aug 1, 2022

Advanced Graphene Pressure Sensors Set to Revolutionize Prosthetic, Robotic Limbs

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

3D graphene foam advanced pressure sensors developed by experts could revolutionize robotic systems and prosthetic. Click here to learn more about the unique properties of graphene foam and the need for pressure sensors.

Aug 1, 2022

Turning Fish Waste into Quality Carbon-based Nanomaterial

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Carbon nano-onions (CNOs), a form of carbon nanostructure with excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, find several applications in biomedicine, bioimaging, energy conversion, and electronics. However, conventional methods to produce them...

Aug 1, 2022

Nanostructures Advance Machine Vision Capabilities for Diverse Applications

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington University in St. Louis, and OmniVision described approaches to image sensor production that used integrated nanostructured components to improve multimodal imaging. The developments c...

Aug 1, 2022

Researchers develop sensors based on graphene foam for better prosthetics and robotics

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from Integrated Graphene and the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) have reported a project to develop graphene-enhanced pressure sensors that provide enhanced capabilities to robots, helping improve their motor skills and dexter...

Aug 1, 2022

Materials researchers build longest highly conductive molecular nanowire

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Columbia University, supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, engineered a nanowire 2.6 nanometers long with quasi-metallic properties and conductance that increases with the wire’s length. The breakthrough co...

Aug 1, 2022

Nanobody treatment could help clear brain protein clumps in Parkinson's

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Clumps of misfolded proteins that gather in the brain have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. Now, newly identified nanobodies show promise in destabilizing the structure of these clumps, potentially leading to new treatme...

Aug 1, 2022

Robotic graphene foam sensors could help transform prosthetics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A pioneering project to develop advanced sensors for use in robotic systems, could transform prosthetics and robotic limbs.

Aug 1, 2022

Nanoparticles' toxic effects on macrophages

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers summarize the toxic effects of nanoparticles on macrophages in vitro.

Jul 31, 2022

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