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Higher-resolution imaging of living, moving cells using plasmonic metasurfaces

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Metasurface of self-assembled gold nanoparticles shown to improve resolution of fluorescence images of living cells under a widefield optical microscope to the theoretical limit.

Nov 6, 2020

Researchers find material ultra-sensitive to light for use in optical computers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

ITMO researchers have discovered a material that is ultra-sensitive to light. Moreover, they were able to identify a parameter that will help find other structures with high refractive coefficients. This discovery will bring us a step closer to de...

Nov 6, 2020

Llama Antibodies Could be a Strong Nanoweapon Against COVID-19

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Today in Science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine describe a new method to extract tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned into inhalable therapeutics with the ...

Nov 6, 2020

Moth Eyes Inspire Antireflective Coating

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed an antireflective coating inspired by the biostructures in moth eyes. Previous attempts at re-creating the antireflective structure, developed through years of evolution, yielded varying de...

Nov 6, 2020

Luminescent wood could light up homes of the future

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

The right indoor lighting can help set the mood, from a soft romantic glow to bright, stimulating colors. But some materials used for lighting, such as plastics, are not eco-friendly. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed a bio-ba...

Nov 6, 2020

Scientists grow carbon nanotube forest much longer than any other

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Today, a multitude of industries, including optics, electronics, water purification, and drug delivery, innovate at an unprecedented scale with nanometer-wide rolls of honeycomb-shaped graphite sheets called carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Features such...

Nov 6, 2020

Germanium telluride's hidden properties at the nanoscale revealed

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Germanium Telluride is an interesting candidate material for spintronic devices. In a comprehensive study at BESSY II, a Helmholtz-RSF Joint Research Group has now revealed how the spin texture switches by ferroelectric polarization within individ...

Nov 6, 2020

A new candidate material for quantum spin liquids

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Using a unique material, EPFL scientists have been able to design and study an unusual state of matter, the Quantum Spin Liquid. The work has significant implications for future technologies, from quantum computing to superconductivity and spintro...

Nov 6, 2020

Higher-resolution imaging of living, moving cells using plasmonic metasurfaces

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Kyushu University have demonstrated that placing cells on a plasmonic metasurface of self-assembled gold nanoparticle can improve the resolution of images of living cells taken in real-time under a widefield fluorescence microscope....

Nov 6, 2020

Llama nanobodies could be a powerful weapon against COVID-19

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers report a new method to extract tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned into inhalable therapeutics with the potential to prevent and treat COVID-19.

Nov 5, 2020

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