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Urine Test Detects Organ Transplant Rejection, Could Replace Needle Biopsies | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

New nanoparticle makes urine glow as soon as T cells initiate an attack on transplanted organs Glowing pee may replace the biopsy needle: In detecting organ transplant rejection, a new nanoparticle has proven much faster and mo...

Feb 19, 2019

Dose of vitamin C helps gold nanowires grow

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A boost of vitamin C helped Rice University scientists turn small gold nanorods into fine gold nanowires.

Feb 19, 2019

Breakthrough in the search for graphene-based electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

For 15 years, scientists have tried to exploit the "miracle material" graphene to produce nanoscale electronics. On paper, graphene should be great for just that: it is ultra-thin—only one atom thick and therefore two-dimensional, it is ...

Feb 19, 2019

Nano-droplets are the key to controlling membrane formation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The creation of membranes is of enormous importance in biology, but also in many chemical applications developed by humans. These membranes are shaped spontaneously when soap-like molecules in water join together. Researchers at Eindhoven Universi...

Feb 19, 2019

Researchers Find Nanoparticles Can Switch Back and Forth Between Phases

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A revolutionary nanoscience discovery has been made by a research team that included Professor Uri Banin, founder of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Center for Nanoscience and...

Feb 19, 2019

Nanodroplets are the key to controlling membrane formation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The creation of membranes is of enormous importance in biology, but also in many chemical applications developed by humans. These membranes are shaped spontaneously when soap-like molecules in water join together. Researchers now have a clear pict...

Feb 19, 2019

Dose of vitamin C helps gold nanowires grow

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A boost of vitamin C helped scientists turn small gold nanorods into fine gold nanowires.

Feb 19, 2019

Ultra-lightweight ceramic material that withstands extreme temperatures

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

UCLA researchers and collaborators at eight other research institutions have created an extremely light, very durable ceramic aerogel. The material could be used for applications like insulating spacecraft because it can withstand the intense hea...

Feb 19, 2019

Pea protein, Nanogels and Particle adhesion on surfaces

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

From 22-23 May 2019 LUM GmbH hosts the 9th International Conference Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing in Berlin, Germany. Since 2014 the Young Scientist Award (YSA) recognizes outstanding scientific work by young researchers in the ...

Feb 19, 2019

Graphene 'sandwich' key to new electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers solved one of the challenges of making graphene nano-electronics effective: to carve out graphene to nanoscale dimensions without ruining its electrical properties. This allowed them to achieve electrical currents orders of magnitude h...

Feb 19, 2019

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