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Energy

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

California company NDB says its nano-diamond batteries will absolutely upend the energy equation, acting like tiny nuclear generators. They will blow any energy density comparison out of the water, lasting anywhere from a decade to 28,000 years wi...

Aug 25, 2020

Pots of gold engineered to help with early disease detection

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed biosensors that use nanoengineered porous gold which more effectively detect early signs of disease, potentially improving patient outcomes.

Aug 25, 2020

Using light's properties to indirectly see inside a cell membrane

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New imaging technique helps resolve nanodomains, chemical composition in cell membranes.

Aug 25, 2020

Payper: A new graphene-based contactless payment system

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The role of graphene in the system's printed electronic antenna is to provide high flexibility, conductivity and mechanical strength, which can be imparted onto the tight and variable curvature of the till roll.

Aug 25, 2020

Beyond chip-and-PIN: Graphene's quick, hygienic solution to restaurant payment

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new graphene-based contactless payment system, developed in collaboration with the University of Manchester, has begun a restaurant pilot that could pave the way for the end of chip-and-PIN, cutting customer wait-time and reducing the risk of in...

Aug 25, 2020

Nanoparticles show promise in defeating antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new therapy developed by researchers at the University of Toronto may bring us one step closer to

Aug 25, 2020

Nanoengineered biosensors for early disease detection

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Queensland researchers have developed biosensors that use nanoengineered porous gold which more effectively detect early signs of disease, improving patient outcomes.

Aug 25, 2020

New imaging technique helps resolve nanodomains, chemical composition in cell membranes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

For those not involved in chemistry or biology, picturing a cell likely brings to mind several discrete, blob-shaped objects; maybe the nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes and the like.

Aug 25, 2020

Study Investigates Core-Shell Nanocatalyst AU@CDs for Ammonia Synthesis

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Xinjiang University, China have prepared Au@CDs photocatalyst with core-shell structure by combining coal-based carbon dots (CDs) with gold...

Aug 25, 2020

Aerogel – the micro structural material of the future

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Aerogel is an excellent thermal insulator. So far, however, it has mainly been used on a large scale, for example in environmental technology, in physical experiments or in industrial catalysis. Empa researchers have now succeeded in making aerog...

Aug 25, 2020

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