World news

Results: 32792
arrow_upward arrow_downward

'Amazing' nanoparticles from maize: A potent and economical anti-cancer therapeutic: Japanese researchers develop a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system from corn/maize to target cancer cells

ScienceDaily   -   General 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. Researchers have recently developed novel corn-derived bionanoparticles for t...

Feb 14, 2022

Disorder-engineered inorganic nanocrystals set a new efficiency record for ultrathin solar cells

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers report on a novel disorder-engineering technique for inorganic solar cells that achieves a record-breaking power conversion efficiency.

Feb 14, 2022

Researchers Reveal Why the Components of Nanowires Cling to Each Other

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanowires, which find their use in transistors, sensors, optoelectronic devices and other systems that need subatomic preciseness, like to stick together. Researchers reveal why...

Feb 14, 2022

Carbon Nanotubes Modified with Heparin for Use in Heart Valves

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Novel research on advancing heart valves has included the innovative use of carbon nanotubes modified with heparin. This pre-proof research has been submitted to the journal of Materials Chemistry and...

Feb 14, 2022

Hydrogen from Nanoporous Microalgae as a Source of Clean and Renewable Energy

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The potential scope and methodologies for producing hydrogen from living diatoms and their waste in specifically built photobioreactors are discussed in a recent study published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Storing numerous ene...

Feb 14, 2022

e-Skins and Wearable Electronics from Polyaniline-Nanospines

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a study published in the journal Nano Energy, a very sensitive hybridized nanofiber and membrane-based pressure gauge has been presented to address the limitations of the current piezo-resistive...

Feb 14, 2022

Dell's 34-inch QD-OLED monitor will cost $1,299 when it arrives this spring

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Dell's Alienware monitor that uses Samsung's quantum dot OLED (QD-OLED) tech will arrive this spring for a surprisingly reasonable $1,299, the company announced via a tweet. Dell first unveiled the curved, 34-inch gaming display at CES p...

Feb 14, 2022

Acrylic Nanostructured Films for Food Packaging

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials that demonstrated the antibiofouling and antibacterial properties of nanopatterned polymers at sub-100-nanometer scale.

Feb 14, 2022

Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The latest article available as a pre-proof in Chemical Physics Impact reflects on the importance of nanomaterials such as nanocatalysts due to their importance in decreasing environmental...

Feb 14, 2022

GtM Action and C&O Concrete collaborate on graphene-enhanced concrete

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

New Zealand-based graphene technology provider GtM Action is working with pre-fab concrete manufacturer C&O Concrete Limited to bring graphene-enhanced concrete to market.

Feb 13, 2022

REFINE