While designing light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the addition of a layer of nanoparticles could enable them to generate more light using the same amount of energy, and also enhance their lifetime....
Aug 10, 2020
Paper masks are being made highly compulsory as part of the measures to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic. Although there is no doubt about their relative effectiveness, their extensive use has several...
Aug 10, 2020
Portable disinfection chambers that use ultraviolet (UV) light to inactivate virus particles could allow emergency medical technicians, police officers, healthcare workers, pharmacy technicians, and others to quickly disinfect their perso...
Aug 10, 2020
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd. has joined its parent company, Oxford Instruments plc, as an industry partner of the Quantum Foundry at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The foundry, which is the first of its kind in th...
Aug 10, 2020
Nanotronics, a science technology company and manufacturer of advanced imaging systems, has formed Nanotronics Health LLC, a health care technology subsidiary. The new company has introduced nHale, an air pressure respiratory therapy device that s...
Aug 10, 2020
When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many new and exciting properties. They may be antibacterial, change colour under pressure, or convert light to heat.
Aug 10, 2020
The art of molecular nanoscience and innovation in polymeric materials for industrial use will be the topics of a pair of Kavli Lectures at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual...
Aug 10, 2020
Biomimetic nanoprobes are prepared by composing ferric oxide and fluorescent dye, and coating the surface of nanoprobes by bioorthogonally labeled brain tumor cell membrane for crossing the BBB and targeting brain tumor cells.
Aug 10, 2020
University of Toronto Engineering researchers have discovered a dose threshold that greatly increases the delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumour.
Aug 10, 2020
Researchers at the University of Houston are reporting the invention of a new class of porous catalysts that will speed up reactions, breaking the molecular traffic jam that can slow them down. The discovery has immediate relevance to industry for...
Aug 10, 2020
