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Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a new methodology that allows researchers to assess the

Dec 16, 2019

Growing carbon nanotubes with the right twist

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In a recently published paper in Science Advances, Feng Ding of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials and colleagues have achieved the creation of a specific type of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with a selectivity of 90 percent, and expanded...

Dec 16, 2019

New Method of Creating Synthetic DNA Nanopores

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A team has created a synthetic DNA nanopore that can translocate protein-sized macromolecules across lipid bilayers selectively.

Dec 16, 2019

Scientists Synthetize New Carbon Nanotubes with 90% Selectivity

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have successfully developed a certain type of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that have 90% selectivity, and have widened the present theory describing the synthesis of these potential...

Dec 16, 2019

New Method Helps Assess Chemical Composition, Structure of Metallic Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A novel method, developed by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), enables scientists to evaluate the structure and chemical composition of metallic particles that have a diameter...

Dec 16, 2019

Synthetic DNA Nanopore Selectively Translocates Macromolecules Across Lipid Bilayers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Headed by scientists from the iNANO/Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, a scientific collaboration has...

Dec 16, 2019

New Wrap Based on Nanoscale Surface Engineering and Chemistry Repels All Bacteria

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research team from McMaster University has created a self-cleaning surface with the ability to repel bacteria of all kinds. This prevents antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other harmful bacteria...

Dec 16, 2019

Looking inside 3D silicon nanostructures without leaving a trace: 'the Good, the Bad, the Ugly'

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have discovered a new method to non-destructively look inside three-dimen­sional (3D) nanostructures without breaking them. The study is timely since 3D nanostruc­tures are drawing a fast-growing attention for their advanced functionali...

Dec 16, 2019

Uranium chemistry and geological disposal of radioactive waste

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new paper to be published on Dec. 16 provides a significant new insight into our understanding of uranium biogeochemistry and could help with the UK's nuclear legacy. The recent study is the first time that researchers have shown that a ura...

Dec 16, 2019

A new gene therapy strategy, courtesy of Mother Nature

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have developed a new gene-therapy technique by transforming human cells into mass producers of tiny nano-sized particles full of genetic material that has the potential to reverse disease processes.

Dec 16, 2019

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