A surprisingly simple method improves 'drop casting' fabrication of tiled nanosheets that could be used in next-generation electronic devices. All you need is a pipette and a hotplate.
Feb 3, 2021
Thanks to options like Mpowerd Luci solar strings and BioLite NanoGrid hanging lanterns, string lighting has started to creep in on the old, reliable lantern as the campsite ambient lighting source of choice. Such hanging lights create as much atm...
Feb 3, 2021
Leading research materials supplier, Goodfellow, has announced it is a member of the UK-China Joint Working Group on the Graphene standardisation. The BSI Graphene Program, launched in 2017, aims...
Feb 3, 2021
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
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
FuelGems uses carbon-based nanoparticles as a fuel additive to make gasoline and diesel engines more efficient and cleaner-burning. Nextbigfuture interviewed FuelGems CEO Kirill Gichunts. Kirill was a managing Partner of a VC accelerator fund and ...
Feb 2, 2021
Topological insulators are one of the most puzzling quantum materials. Their edges are electron superhighways where electrons flow with no loss, while the bulk of the material blocks electron flow - properties that could be useful in quantum compu...
Feb 2, 2021
Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor, killing cancer cells with a two-pronged approach, as a potential alternative to surgery.
Feb 2, 2021
The increasing miniaturization of electrical components in industry requires a new imaging technique at the nanometre scale. Delft researcher Gerard Verbiest and ASML have developed a first proof-of-concept method that they now plan to further dev...
Feb 2, 2021
Scientists have developed a first proof-of-concept method that uses the same principle as ultrasound scanning in pregnancies, but on a much, much smaller scale.
Feb 2, 2021
