Antimicrobial packaging is being developed to extend the shelf life and safety of foods and beverages. However, there is concern about the transfer of potentially harmful materials, such as silver nanoparticles, from these types of containers to c...
Feb 3, 2021
Researchers at Chicago University have developed an innovative new anti-SARS-CoV-2 therapy called “Nanotraps” – a family of nano-enabled virus-trapping particles – which have shown positive results in vitro, in vivo, and in human ex vivo trials.
Feb 3, 2021
Scientists from MIPT, Moscow Pedagogical State University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz detector based on the effect of quantum-mechanical tunneling in graphene. The sensitivity of the device is already...
Feb 3, 2021
Scientists at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Physics have succeeded for the first time in imaging the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus with a helium ion microscope. In contrast to the more conventional electron microscopy, the samples do not need a ...
Feb 3, 2021
Vascularized structures infiltrated within a nanofibrous extracellular matrix (ECM) play vital roles in maintaining functions and metabolism of tissue and organs. Nanofibrous scaffolds are promising in tissue engineering owing to their ECM-mimicki...
Feb 3, 2021
A new technique to develop unique solar cells could considerably enhance their efficiency. Apart from being made of thin layers, the cells also include nanoblocks that are specifically arranged....
Feb 3, 2021
Researchers from the College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies at the National University of Defense Technology developed a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) laser system for scanning photoemission microscopy. The 177-nm VUV system was developed with a...
Feb 3, 2021
For more than 15 years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and their collaborators in the U.S., Australia, South Korea and China have fabricated artificial muscles by twisting and coiling carbon nanotube or polymer yarns. When therm...
Feb 3, 2021
A new technique for fabricating solar cells, with the help of specially arranged nanoblocks, could significantly improve their efficiency.
Feb 3, 2021
The sensitivity of the device is already superior to commercially available analogs based on semiconductors and superconductors, which opens up prospects for applications of the graphene detector in wireless communications, security systems, radio...
Feb 3, 2021
