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Filtration, fit and form – the essentials for facemasks

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Tests show that three-ply face masks can filter out 60-80% of simulated viral particles between 150 and 30 nanometres in diameter....

Aug 2, 2021

Fighting SARS-CoV-2 with nanomedicine

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Published in the Journal of Controlled Release, researchers from the German University in Cairo, and the University of Cologne, looked into nano-reformulation of repurposed antiviral and immune-modulating drugs for inhalation therapy against COVID...

Aug 1, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: UCF researchers develop new nanomaterial to derive clean fuel from the sea: The material offers the high performance and stability needed for industrial-scale electrolysis, which could produce a clean energy fuel from seawater

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Hydrogen fuel derived from the sea could be an abundant and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but the potential power source has been limited by technical challenges, including how to practical...

Jul 31, 2021

Vanderbilt engineer the first to introduce low-power dynamic manipulation of single nanoscale quantum objects

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Led by Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering, Vanderbilt researchers are the first to introduce an approach for trapping and moving a nanomaterial known as a single colloidal nanodiamond with nitrogen-vacancy center using ...

Jul 31, 2021

Google's Quantum Computer Builds First-Ever Time Crystal: Are They Now Closer to Building a Time Machine?

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Google's quantum computing laboratory might have created the first-ever time crystal inside a quantum computer. This could be the greatest achievement of this generation in quantum mechanics.

Jul 31, 2021

Insulator-Conductor Transition Points Toward Ultra-Efficient Computing

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

For the first time, researchers have been able to image how atoms in a computer switch move around on fast timescales while it turns on and off. This ability to peer into the atomic world may hold the key to a new kind of switch for computers tha...

Jul 30, 2021

'Greening' biomaterials and scaffolds used in regenerative medicine

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Green manufacturing is becoming an increasingly critical process across industries, propelled by a growing awareness of the negative environmental and health impacts associated with traditional practices. In the biomaterials industry, electrospinn...

Jul 30, 2021

'Greening' biomaterials and scaffolds used in regenerative medicine

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In the biomaterials industry, electrospinning is a ubiquitous fabrication method used to produce nano- to microscale fibrous meshes that closely resemble native tissue architecture. Alas, the process has traditionally used solvents that not only a...

Jul 30, 2021

Low-Power Dynamic Manipulation of Single Nanoscale Quantum Objects

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Led by Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering, Vanderbilt researchers are the first to introduce an approach for trapping and moving a nanomaterial known... The post Low-Power Dynamic Manipulation of Single Nanoscale Quant...

Jul 30, 2021

Plasma processing challenges in the era of sub-nanometre-node semiconductor devices – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Join the audience for a live webinar on 24 August 2021 sponsored by Hiden Analytical, MKS Instruments, Agilent Vacuum Technologies and Pfeiffer Vacuum, in partnership with IUVSTA The post Plasma processing challenges in the era of sub-nanometre-no...

Jul 30, 2021

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