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Identifying proteins using nanopores and supercomputers

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The amount and type of proteins human cells produce provide important details about a person’s health and how the human body works. But the methods of identifying and quantifying individual proteins are inadequate to the task, scientists say. Not ...

Dec 5, 2021

Development of a single-process platform for the manufacture of graphene quantum dots

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene consists of a planar structure, with carbon atoms connected in a hexagonal shape that resembles a beehive. When graphene is reduced to several nanometers (nm) in size, it becomes a graphene quantum dot that exhibits fluorescent and semico...

Dec 5, 2021

Hitting the Books: How the interplay of science and technology brought about iPhones

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Scientific research and technological advancement have gone hand-in-hand since the invention of the wheel. Without research, we lack the knowledge base to advance the state of technology and, without technological advancement we lack the functiona...

Dec 4, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Review on the femtosecond laser precision micro/nano-engineering

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Femtosecond laser precision engineering has been applied in industries for device micro/nano-fabrication due to its unique advantages of being a dry and noncontact process, coupled with the availabili...

Dec 4, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Using green tea as reducing reagent for the preparation of nanomaterials to synthesize ammonia

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Compare with bulk graphitic carbon nitride, the optimal sample had 2.93-fold photocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia activity (2.627 mg/h/gcat), and the NH3 selectivity increased from 50.77%...

Dec 3, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Researchers develop polyimide-mica nanocomposite film with high resistance to low earth orbit environments

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Polyimide (PI) composite films are widely used on the external surfaces of spacecraft to protect them from the adverse environments of low Earth orbit (LEO) due to their outstanding comprehensive performance. However, current PI composite films ha...

Dec 3, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Development of a single-process platform for the manufacture of graphene quantum dots: Precisely controls the bonding configuration of heteroatoms in graphene quantum dots through simple chemical processes. Practical application and commercialization in various fields is expected

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene consists of a planar structure, with carbon atoms connected in a hexagonal shape that resembles a beehive. When graphene is reduced to several nanometers (nm) in size, it becomes a graphene quantum dot that exhibits fluorescent and semico...

Dec 3, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Immune system-stimulating nanoparticle could lead to more powerful vaccines: The potent new adjuvant could be used to help make vaccines against HIV and other infectious diseases

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A common strategy to make vaccines more powerful is to deliver them along with an adjuvant a compound that stimulates the immune system to produce a stronger response.

Dec 3, 2021

Physicists Observe Quantum Spin Liquid for First Time | Sci-News.com

Sci-News   -   Scientific News Websites

First theorized in 1973 by physicist Philip W. Anderson, quantum spin liquids are exotic phases of matter with topological order. They feature long-range quantum entanglement that can potentially be exploited to realize robust quantum computation....

Dec 3, 2021

New nanoparticle adjuvant could help make vaccines more powerful

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A common strategy to make vaccines more powerful is to deliver them along with an adjuvant -; a compound that stimulates the immune system to produce a stronger response.

Dec 3, 2021

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