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Engineer uses metal-oxide nanomaterials deposited on cloth to wipe out microbes

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

In an effort to make highly sensitive sensors to measure sugar and other vital signs of human health,

Apr 8, 2020

Nanoerythrosome-Functionalized Biohybrid Robots to Deliver Drugs

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Tiny biohybrid robots on the micrometer scale can swim through the body and deliver drugs to tumors or provide other cargo-carrying functions. The natural environmental sensing tendencies of bacteria...

Apr 8, 2020

House cleaning on the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of scientists has developed a novel mechanical cleaning method for surfaces on the nanoscale. The technique successfully removes even the tiniest contaminants down to the atomic scale, achieving an unprecedented level of cleanliness.

Apr 8, 2020

Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Apr 8, 2020

Engineers use metal-oxide nanomaterials deposited on cloth to wipe out microbes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nnomaterials are rough on microbes such as bacteria. They actually puncture the cell walls of the single-cell microbes, causing leaks and ultimately death. Put that on a cloth and you could have an effective, chemical-free disinfecting wipe.

Apr 8, 2020

House cleaning on the nanoscale

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of scientists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has developed a novel mechanical cleaning method for surfaces on the nanoscale. The technique successfully removes even the tiniest contaminants down to the atomic sca...

Apr 8, 2020

New 'refrigerator' super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

MIT physicists have found a way to cool molecules of sodium lithium down to 200 billionths of a Kelvin, just a hair above absolute zero. They did so by applying a technique called collisional cooling, in which they immersed molecules of cold sodiu...

Apr 8, 2020

Kiwi nanofibre producer raises $6m in funding

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Auckland-based Revolution Fibres has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round led by Movac, New Zealand’s most experienced technology investment firm ...

Apr 8, 2020

Novel Sticker Embedded with Nanofiber Film Helps Determine Food Spoilage

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

People cannot differentiate with their naked eye whether the cold-chain food products received by them have actually become spoiled. The change of the readability of the sticker attached with...

Apr 7, 2020

Nanotechnology Shows a Promising Treatment for Endometriosis

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An accurate, nanotechnology-based treatment has been developed by researchers to mitigate the pain and fertility issues linked with endometriosis. Endometriosis is a common gynecological condition...

Apr 7, 2020

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