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Study: Dust of Graphene-Related Materials Is Not Harmful | Sci-News.com

Sci-News   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene-related materials (GRMs) are often used to reinforce polymers. In small concentrations of up to 5% (weight), they can significantly enhance the strength, electrical conductivity and thermal transport of composites for a variety of applica...

Jun 21, 2022

"Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency: Engineers expand the capabilities of these ultrasensitive nanoscale detectors, with potential uses for quantum computing and biological sensing."

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers developed a method to enable quantum sensors to detect any arbitrary frequency, with no loss of their ability to measure nanometer-scale features. Quantum sensors detect the most minute variations in magnetic or electrical fields, but ...

Jun 21, 2022

Amazon is opening a center for quantum networking research

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Researchers will work on technology that may lead to the creation of global quantum networks.

Jun 21, 2022

Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum sensors, which detect the most minute variations in magnetic or electrical fields, have enabled precision measurements in materials science and fundamental physics. But these sensors have only been capable of detecting a few specific frequ...

Jun 21, 2022

Silver Nanowire Transparent Conductive Films with High Uniformity Fabricated via a Dynamic Heating Method

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

After studying the mechanism of silver nanowire films, a team of researchers led by Shulin Ji from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ (CAS) Hefei Institutes of Physical Science found that the greater the plasticity of the silver nanowire films, the ...

Jun 21, 2022

Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Effective in Levofloxacine Drug Delivery

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising nano-carriers in biomedical applications. In an article recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers reported a nano-antibiotic by conjugating levofloxacin with multi-walled CNTs (MWCN...

Jun 21, 2022

Study Finds Silver Nanoparticles and Noise Exposure Induces Rat Hearing Loss

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In an article recently published in the journal Life Sciences, researchers investigated the effect of nanosilver (Ag), noise, and nano-Ag plus noise treatments on rat’s cochlea. The research outcomes confirmed that these treatments induced oxidati...

Jun 21, 2022

Can Microalgae and Carbon Nanomaterials Help With Sustainable Science?

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Recently, a mini-review was published as a pre-proof in ACS Omega, which provided comprehensive insights into the production of important bioactive compounds via the “algal nanobionics” approach. This study predominantly focused on the role of car...

Jun 21, 2022

Nanoparticles control flow of light like road signs direct traffic

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed tiny translucent slides capable of producing two very different images by manipulating the direction in which light travels through them.

Jun 21, 2022

How Nanostructures Could Replace Invasive Blood Sugar Monitoring

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Human breath monitoring is a quick and non-invasive method for identifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as acetone, which may be markers of different diseases. A new article published in the journal Materials Science in Semiconductor Pro...

Jun 21, 2022

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