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New tech extracts potential to identify quality graphene cheaper and faster

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Engineers at Australia's Monash University have developed world-first technology that can help industry identify and export high quality graphene cheaper, faster and more accurately than current methods.

Aug 26, 2020

Hip fracture risk linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

New research has highlighted a preventative treatment gap in patients prone to bone fractures who are otherwise healthy.

Aug 26, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - News Story: Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology 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, la...

Aug 25, 2020

Researchers on a path to build powerful and practical quantum computer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

For the first time, researchers have designed a fully connected 32-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer register operating at cryogenic temperatures. The new system represents an important step toward developing practical quantum computers.

Aug 25, 2020

Enzyme prisons: Cell signaling with just one molecule

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team at the Max Dellbruck Center has answered a question that has puzzled scientists for some 40 years. In the journal Cell, the group explains how cells are able to switch on completely different signaling pathways using only one signaling mole...

Aug 25, 2020

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

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