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Expansion microscopy and virtual reality illuminate new ways to prevent and treat disease

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A combined research team from Carnegie Mellon University and Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason is pairing a nanoscale imaging technique with virtual reality (VR) technology to create a method that allows researchers to "step insid...

Jun 13, 2019

Research reveals liquid gold on the nanoscale

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The research published in Nature Communications set out to answer a simple question—how do nanoparticles melt? Although this question has been a focus of researchers for the past century, it still is an open problem—initial theoretical models desc...

Jun 13, 2019

Liquid gold on the nanoscale: Researchers map how gold nanoparticles melt

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have discovered what liquid gold looks like on the nanoscale -- and in doing so have mapped the way in which nanoparticles melt, which is relevant to the manufacturing and performance of nanotech devices.

Jun 13, 2019

Nano-sensor in a streetlamp shines light on urban air pollution

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Given that the World Health Organisation estimates that seven million premature deaths annually around the world are caused by air pollution, monitoring air quality is vital. There are already a number of methods employed to do just that, i...

Jun 13, 2019

Issue of Assessment Certificate

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Advanced materials company, First Graphene Limited (“FGR” or “the Company”) (ASX: FGR) is pleased to advise it has received the Assessment Certificate for PureGRAPH®, which...

Jun 13, 2019

Bosshard and Bucourt Join EPIC Board of Directors at Annual Meeting

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) welcomed Christian Bosshard, vice president of the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), and Samuel Bucourt, CEO of Imagine Optic SA, to the EPIC board of directors during the co...

Jun 13, 2019

Research reveals liquid gold on the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have discovered what liquid gold looks like on the nanoscale - and in doing so have mapped the way in which nanoparticles melt, which is relevant to the manufacturing and performance of nanotechnology devices such as bio-sensors, nanoch...

Jun 13, 2019

New quantum dot microscope shows electric potentials of individual atoms

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a new method to measure the electric potentials of a sample at atomic accuracy. The new scanning quantum dot microscopy method could open up new opportunities for chip manufacture or the characterization of biomolecules ...

Jun 13, 2019

New quantum dot microscope shows electric potentials of individual atoms

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a new method to measure the electric potentials of a sample at atomic accuracy. The new scanning quantum dot microscopy method could open up new opportunities for chip manufacture or the characterization of biomolecules such ...

Jun 13, 2019

New nanosheet coating could replace nonrecyclable metalized films in food packaging

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford, in the U.K., has developed a new type of nanosheet coating for food packaging that could replace the metalized films currently in use. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications...

Jun 13, 2019

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