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Cooling nanotube resonators with electrons

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers report on a technique that uses electron transport to cool a nanomechanical resonator near the quantum regime.

Oct 8, 2019

Nanolaser Proves Fully Functional Within Living Tissue

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Northwestern University have created a nanolaser that can be used in living tissues without harming them. Developed in conjunction with a team from Columbia University, the nanolaser can be 50 nm to 150 nm thick, which allows it to ...

Oct 8, 2019

A close up on the real world: Atomic migration under ambient conditions

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have reported an environmental transmission electron microscopy technique that has allowed in situ visualization of the atomic changes of a metal surface in an electric field under ambient conditions. The activation of oxygen gas molec...

Oct 8, 2019

Fast and Flexible Nanoparticle Size Analyser

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

If you have polymers or proteins, nanodots or new adhesives, latexes or liposomes, cosmetics or colloids, the Testa Analytical NanoBrook 90Plus is a perfect tool to characterize your particles. The...

Oct 8, 2019

Graphene Filter Traps and Terminates Bacteria

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

There are as many as 1800 kinds of bacteria in the air we breathe, and while many of them are harmless relatives to more deadly pathogens and microbes, in certain environments airborne bacteria pose...

Oct 8, 2019

A close up on the real world—atomic migration under ambient conditions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Increasing our understanding of how individual atoms and molecules participate in chemical reactions is critical to the development of new technologies. However, to date it has not been possible to image atomic dynamics on metal surfaces under con...

Oct 8, 2019

Determining the activity of noble-metal-free catalyst particles

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Noble-metal-free nanoparticles could serve as catalysts for the production of hydrogen from water. Because they are so small, their properties are difficult to determine. Chemists have developed a new method with which they can characterise indiv...

Oct 8, 2019

Graphene is on track to deliver on its promises

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene is light, flexible, conductive, and one of the strongest materials in the world. And it is right on track to deliver on its promises - the Graphene Flagship is confident many applications will be unveiled in the next decade. In a special...

Oct 8, 2019

Bacteria trapped — and terminated — by graphene filter

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Airborne bacteria may see what looks like a comfy shag carpet on which to settle. But it’s a

Oct 8, 2019

Flexible, biocompatible nanocellulose sensors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed flexible, biocompatible nanocellulose sensors that can be attached to the skin. The 3D-printed analytic chips made of renewable raw materials will even be biodegradable in future.

Oct 8, 2019

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