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The Morning After: Alienware's impressive, expensive QD-OLED gaming monitor

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Have you been saving up for some new PC gaming hardware? Want something a little more satisfying than just a simple graphics card upgrade? Well, we’ve just tested out two impressive additions to pine after: Razer’s recent OLED-equipped, high-refre...

May 9, 2022

New review highlights innovative catalysts: Design and application

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nano-catalysis provides many opportunities for chemical transformations, ranging from chemical manufacturing to energy conversion and storage. By far, mainly due to the recovery aspect, heterogeneous catalysis has received significant research att...

May 9, 2022

Making chemical separation more eco-friendly with nanotechnology

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Chemical separation processes are essential in the manufacturing of many products from gasoline to whiskey. Such processes are energetically costly, accounting for approximately 10–15 percent of global energy consumption. In particular, the use of...

May 9, 2022

Convenient SARS-CoV-2 Immunoassay Shows Benefit of Nanobody Design

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Early detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) is critical to stopping the spread of this contagious disease. The current diagnostic methods for COVID-19 are expensive and difficult to handle. Hence, there is a need for a quick, efficient, and...

May 9, 2022

Unraveling the Peeling and Sliding of Graphene Nanoribbons

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A paper recently published in the MDPI journal Materials investigated the coupling behaviors of sliding and peeling of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) on a gold (Au) substrate under horizontal drag.

May 9, 2022

Eco-Friendly and Economic Water Purification

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A straightforward approach for developing an eco-friendly and cost-effective solar evaporator consisting of customizable geometry was established by incorporating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a sodium alginate (SA) hydrogel matrix in new research fr...

May 9, 2022

Two-Universe model inspired by bi-layer graphene

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from the University of Maryland have explored the somewhat creative possibility that our reality is only one half of a pair of interacting worlds, drawing inspiration from bi-layer graphene. Their mathematical model may provide a new p...

May 9, 2022

Green Nanocomposites in Tissue Engineering Requires Renewed Focus

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In an article recently published in ACS Applied Biomaterials, the authors summarized green nanocomposites and interpreted their uses in wound dressing and skin tissue engineering.

May 9, 2022

Gold Nanoparticle Biomineralization; Changing our Understanding of Nanomedicine

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A paper recently published in the journal Advanced Science reviewed the strategy of producing gold nanoparticles (GNPs) through cellular biomineralization in mammalian cells as an alternative to prefabricated GNPs.

May 9, 2022

2D-EPL offers a chance to test graphene-based sensors on large scale

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The 2D Experimental Pilot Line (2D-EPL), that originated from the Graphene Flagship, recently launched its first customizable wafer run.

May 9, 2022

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