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Edible holograms could someday decorate foods

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Holograms are everywhere, from driver's licenses to credit cards to product packaging. And now, edible holograms could someday enhance foods. Researchers have developed a laser-based method to print nanostructured holograms on dried corn syru...

Feb 17, 2021

Quantum collaboration gives new gravity to the mysteries of the universe

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have used cutting-edge research in quantum computation and quantum technology to pioneer a radical new approach to determining how our Universe works at its most fundamental level.

Feb 17, 2021

Self-assembly induced luminescence of Eu3+-complexes for bioimaging application

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The unique properties of rare earth (RE) complexes including ligand-sensitized energy transfer, fingerprint-like emissions and long-lived emissions, make them promising materials for many applications, such as optical encoding, luminescence imagin...

Feb 17, 2021

Capturing the contours of live cells with novel nanoimaging technique using graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

With every passing day, human technology becomes more refined and we become slightly better equipped to look deeper into biological processes and molecular and cellular structures, thereby gaining greater understanding of mechanisms underlying dis...

Feb 17, 2021

The nanosatellite, entirely designed and assembled at AFTAU, will measure cosmic radiation around the earth

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite, approximately the size of a shoebox, will begin its travel to Earth’s orbit from Wallops

Feb 17, 2021

Novel sandwich technology improves sensitivity of rapid tests

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

EPFL scientists have developed a method for boosting the sensitivity of rapid-detection tests like those used for the new coronavirus. The results of their feasibility study have just been published in Nano Letters.

Feb 17, 2021

An mRNA vaccine for cancer immunotherapy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to prevent COVID-19 have made headlines around the world recently, but scientists have also been working on mRNA vaccines to treat or prevent other diseases, including some forms of cancer. Now, researchers reporting ...

Feb 17, 2021

Printing edible nanostructured holograms on food

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Beyond aesthetics, holograms on food - specifically, edible holograms - could be used to reduce packaging needs, for example, as information about nutritional content or labels could be printed directly onto the food item. To that end, researchers...

Feb 17, 2021

Study Reports a Performance Leap for Graphene-Based Modulators in Next Generation Telecommunications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Over the past years, global data traffic has experienced a boom, with over 12.5 billion connected devices all over the world. The current world-wide deployment of the 5G telecommunications standard is...

Feb 17, 2021

Novel Nanotechnologies Could Help Reduce Friction in Various Mechanisms

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and Immanuel Kant Baltic State Federal University (BFU) have proposed the use of novel thin films to drastically minimize friction to...

Feb 17, 2021

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