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Affordable Sources of Commercial Graphene for Energy Applications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene is a multifunctional carbon nanomaterial widely synthesized for its applications in composites, energy storage, and sensors.

Jul 25, 2022

Nanoparticle catalyst destroys 'forever chemicals' with sunlight

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Cchemical engineers have improved their design for a light-powered catalyst that rapidly breaks down PFOA, one of the world's most problematic 'forever chemical' pollutants.

Jul 25, 2022

Tetrahedrons assemble! Three-sided pyramids form 2D structures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemists have discovered that pointy gold tetrahedrons self-assemble into 2D chiral superlattices. The structures could be useful metamaterials.

Jul 25, 2022

Novel platform allows five types of programmable optothermal manipulation of micro- and nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed an optothermal platform with five manipulation modes - printing, tweezing, rotating, rolling, and shooting - using a single Gaussian laser beam. Switching between the different modes is achieved by simply tuning the opti...

Jul 25, 2022

A magnetic catheter against strokes

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

ETH spin-​off Nanoflex has developed a magnetically steerable catheter for quick and safe stroke treatment that no longer requires surgeons to be on site.

Jul 24, 2022

Tunneling Nanotubes Unlock the Mystery Behind COVID-19 Virus Crossing Over Into Brain After Entering Respiratory System

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Tunneling nanotubes may potentially solve the long-standing mystery behind SARS-CoV-2 that crosses through the brain. Read to know more about this.

Jul 24, 2022

China's 7 Nanometer Chip is a Basic, Simple and Small Chip | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

China 7 nanometer bitcoin miner chip is low-volume production product that is a chip to learn to make true 7nm process according to TechInsitghts. The MinerVa Bitcoin mining chip is basic, simple and small measures only 4.6 x 4.2 mm, implying that...

Jul 23, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: How different cancer cells respond to drug-delivering nanoparticles: The findings of a large-scale screen could help researchers design nanoparticles that target specific types of cancer

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Using nanoparticles to deliver cancer drugs offers a way to hit tumors with large doses of drugs while avoiding the harmful side effects that often come with chemotherapy. However, so far, only a handful of nanoparticle-based cancer drugs have bee...

Jul 23, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Buckyballs on gold are less exotic than graphene

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene consists of carbon atoms that crosslink in a plane to form a flat honeycomb structure. In addition to surprisingly high mechanical stability, the material has exciting electronic properties: The electrons behave like massless particles, w...

Jul 23, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Quantum computer works with more than zero and one: Quantum digits unlock more computational power with fewer quantum particles

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We all learn from early on that computers work with zeros and ones, also known as binary information. This approach has been so successful that computers now power everything from coffee machines to self-driving cars and it is hard to imagine a li...

Jul 23, 2022

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