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First Graphene and partners secure UK grant to develop graphene-enhanced cement

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

First Graphene-led consortium of partners has been awarded a UK Government grant to develop high performance graphene-enhanced cement.

Feb 19, 2022

Zentek announces the development of graphene-wrapped silicon anodes

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Zentek has announced the patent-pending development of a graphene-wrapped silicon anode material, developed along with Prof. Michael Pope, an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and in colla...

Feb 19, 2022

With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

When the future Nobel-winning chemist George Porter arrived as a Ph.D. student in chemistry at the University of Cambridge in 1945, he found the equipment there “remarkably primitive,” as he told an interviewer in later life. “One made one’s own o...

Feb 18, 2022

Journalist says U.S. embassy is blackmailing Albanian police over an MKO trafficking report

Tehran Times   -   General News Websites

TEHRAN — According to investigative journalist Olsi Jazexhi, Albanian police head Gledis Nano "has gone insane" over a dossier delivered to the U.S. embassy in Albania alleging that the anti-Iran Mujahedin-Khalq Organization (MKO) intend...

Feb 18, 2022

Versatile 'nanocrystal gel' could enable advances in energy, defense and telecommunications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

New applications in energy, defense and telecommunications could receive a boost after a team from The University of Texas at Austin created a new type of "nanocrystal gel"—a gel composed of tiny nanocrystals each 10,000 times smaller th...

Feb 18, 2022

Versatile ‘nanocrystal gel’ could enable advances in energy, defense and telecommunications

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

New applications in energy, defense and telecommunications could receive a boost after a team created a new type of 'nanocrystal gel' -- a gel composed of tiny nanocrystals each 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair that ar...

Feb 18, 2022

"Amazing" Nanoparticles from Maize: A Potent and Economical Anti-Cancer Therapeutic

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanomaterials have revolutionized the world of cancer therapy, and plant-derived nanoparticles have the added advantage of being cost-effective and easy to mass produce.

Feb 18, 2022

Meet Twist: MIT’s Quantum Programming Language

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A team of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have created Twist, a new programming language for quantum computing. Twist is designed to make it easier for developers to identify which pieces of dat...

Feb 18, 2022

Size matters in particle treatments of traumatic injuries

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new analysis offers guidance on the size of nanoparticles that could be most effective at stopping internal bleeding.

Feb 18, 2022

Bleeding, Death from Traumatic Injuries May Be Prevented Using Nanoparticles

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

In an examination of rats, researchers recently showed that particles in an intermediary size range, roughly 150 nanometers in diameter, were the most effective when it comes to stopping bleeding.

Feb 18, 2022

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