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Efficient, interconnected, stable: New carbon nanotubes to grow neurons

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By specific chemical modifications, carbon nanotubes were engineered into self-standing innovative materials able to modulate the activity of nerve cells, with the potential of being exploited towards the repair of injured nerve tissues.

Aug 2, 2019

Synthesizing single-crystalline hexagonal graphene quantum dots

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineers have designed a novel strategy for synthesizing single-crystalline graphene quantum dots, which emit stable blue light. The research team confirmed that a display made of their synthesized graphene quantum dots successfully emitted blue ...

Aug 2, 2019

Direct measurements probe the state of magic-angle twisted graphene – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Capacitance measurements and scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy images provide a deeper understanding of electron behaviour in twisted bilayer graphene The post Direct measurements probe the state of magic-angle twisted graphene appea...

Aug 2, 2019

Physicists Make Graphene Discovery that Could Help Develop Superconductors

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

When two mesh screens are overlaid, beautiful patterns appear when one screen is offset. These “moiré patterns” have

Aug 2, 2019

Life's building blocks spontaneously self-assemble in primordial soup experiment

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Exactly how life sprung out of non-living matter is one of biology's biggest mysteries. But with continued research into our own origin story, it's starting to seem like life on early Earth was just itching to be born. In new research fr...

Aug 2, 2019

Eco- Friendly and Bacterially-Produced Graphene Materials - A New Research

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Anne S. Meyer, an associate professor of biology at the University of Rochester, and her colleagues at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have outlined their method to produce graphene...

Aug 2, 2019

Oddball edge wins nanotube faceoff

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

When is a circle less stable than a jagged loop? Apparently when you're talking about carbon nanotubes. Rice University theoretical researchers have discovered that nanotubes with segregated sections of "zigzag" and "armchair&...

Aug 2, 2019

Nanobionic named ‘one to watch’ in Europe

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Nanobionic has been named as One to Watch in Europe in a list of business excellence published by the European Business Awards....

Aug 2, 2019

Quantum Computer Building Block is 200 Times Faster | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

University of New South Wales (UNSW) Professor Michelle Simmons and her team have developed the fastest two-qubit gate between atoms suspended in silicon. A two-qubit gate is the central building block of any quantum computer – and the UNSW team’s...

Aug 1, 2019

Medicinal herb receives a diabetes-fighting boost

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Commonly known as Paneer dodi, the herb Withania coagulans has been used in traditional Indian medicine for many years now – among other things, it is claimed to help control diabetes. A new study shows that it indeed may do so, particularly when ...

Aug 1, 2019

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