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Julia (Rosolovsky) Greer ’97

MIT Technology Review   -   Scientific News Websites

Julia (Rosolovsky) Greer ’97 is a scientist and a classical pianist. Her nanotechnology research breaks new ground, and her music lifts people up. Fittingly, Fast Company named her one of its “Most Creative People” in 2014; CNN named her a “2020 V...

Jun 17, 2020

Echa delays guidance updates on REACH nano registrations

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Absence of available test methods acknowledged as significant obstacle

Jun 17, 2020

First Quantum Phase “Supercurrent” Battery Ever Developed

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

The first quantum phase battery has been realized. It consist of an indium arsenide (InAs) nanowire in contact with aluminum superconducting leads and is a... The post First Quantum Phase “Supercurrent” Battery Ever Developed appeared first on Sc...

Jun 17, 2020

Support drives fate of protected gold nanoclusters as catalysts

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

In collaboration with experimentalists from Ghent University, Belgium and Utrecht University, Netherlands, researchers at the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, have recently discovered that the choice of a support material ...

Jun 17, 2020

LEGO construction of nanoparticle assemblies

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Designing new levels of complex architectures using DNA strands and nanoparticles.

Jun 17, 2020

New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are the two main triggers for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation.

Jun 17, 2020

Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have presented a novel electrode material for advanced energy storage device that is directly charged with oxygen from the air. Professor Jeung Ku Kang's team synthesized and preserved the sub-nanometric particles of atomic cluste...

Jun 17, 2020

New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis developed

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) designed by KAIST can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are the two main triggers for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation.

Jun 17, 2020

White nanolight source for optical nanoimaging

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanolight sources based on resonant excitons of plasmons near a sharp metallic nanostructure have attracted great interest in optical nanoimaging. However, the resonant phenomenon only works for one type of wavelength that resonates with plasmons....

Jun 17, 2020

Nanomaterial gives robots chameleon skin: Features include unusual color changes and high touch sensitivity

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new film made of gold nanoparticles changes color in response to any type of movement. Its unprecedented qualities could allow robots to mimic chameleons and octopi -- among other futuristic applications.

Jun 17, 2020

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