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Prior Scientific Introduces the NanoScan NPC-D-6000 Series Multi Channel Controllers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Prior Scientific are pleased to announce the release of our Queensgate NanoScan NPC-D-6000 Series Multi-Channel Closed Loop Controllers. Both the single and multi-channel digital nanopositioning...

Feb 1, 2019

Cancer nanomedicine may accelerate metastasis, NUS study finds

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles can be found in processed food (e.g. food additives), consumer products (e.g. sunscreen) and even in medicine. While these tiny particles could have large untapped potential and novel new applications, they may have unintended and ha...

Feb 1, 2019

Magnetic teeth hold promise for materials and energy

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

For the first time, a team led by Okayama University and the University of California, Riverside has discovered a piece of the genetic puzzle that allows the chiton to produce magnetite nanomaterials.

Feb 1, 2019

Supercomputing helps study two-dimensional materials

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Computational scientists support experimentalist's quest to observe lithium atoms' behaviour when placed between two sheets of graphene.

Feb 1, 2019

Faster than allowed by quantum computing?

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum computers are more powerful than classical computers since they work with coherent "quantum bits" instead of ordinary zeroes and ones. But could there be even more efficient "science fiction computers"? Researchers from...

Feb 1, 2019

Straightforward biosynthesis of functional bulk nanocomposites

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A general and scalable biosynthesis strategy has been developed which involves simultaneous growth of cellulose nanofibrils through microbial fermentation and co-deposition of various kinds of nanoscale building blocks through aerosol feeding on s...

Feb 1, 2019

Novel electron microscopy offers nanoscale, damage-free isotope tracking in amino acids

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new electron microscopy technique that detects the subtle changes in the weight of proteins at the nanoscale -- while keeping the sample intact -- could open a new pathway for deeper, more comprehensive studies of the basic building blocks of li...

Jan 31, 2019

Novel electron microscopy offers nanoscale, damage-free isotope tracking in amino acids

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new electron microscopy technique that detects the subtle changes in the weight of proteins at the nanoscale—while keeping the sample intact—could open a new pathway for deeper, more comprehensive studies of the basic building blocks of life.

Jan 31, 2019

Novel electron microscopy offers nanoscale, damage-free tracking of isotopes in amino acids

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new electron microscopy technique that detects the subtle changes in the weight of proteins at the nanoscale - while keeping the sample intact - could open a new pathway for deeper, more comprehensive studies of the basic building blocks of life.

Jan 31, 2019

Graphene crinkles can be used as 'molecular zippers'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A decade ago, scientists noticed something very strange happening when buckyballs—soccer ball shaped carbon molecules—were dumped onto a certain type of multilayer graphene, a flat carbon nanomaterial. Rather than rolling around randomly like marb...

Jan 31, 2019

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