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Using bacteria to create a graphene oxide based water filter that kills bacteria

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Engineers have created a bacteria-filtering membrane using graphene oxide and bacterial nanocellulose. It's highly efficient, long-lasting and environmentally friendly - and could provide clean water for those in need.

Jan 19, 2019

Using bacteria to create a water filter that kills bacteria: New technology can clean water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineers have created a bacteria-filtering membrane using graphene oxide and bacterial nanocellulose. It's highly efficient, long-lasting and environmentally friendly -- and could provide clean water for those in need.

Jan 18, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanobiotix Plans to Conduct Registered Public Offering in the United States

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

NANOBIOTIX SA (Euronext : NANO ISIN : FR0011341205) announced today that it plans to conduct a registered public offering of its ordinary shares, including in the form of American Depositary Shares...

Jan 18, 2019

Nanoparticle breakthrough in the fight against cancer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A recent study, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has introduced a novel targeted drug delivery system in the fight against cancer.

Jan 18, 2019

New Microscopy Approach Enables Nanoscale Imaging of Fly and Mouse Brains

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Eric Betzig did not anticipate the experiment to work. Recently, two researchers, Shoh Asano and Ruixuan Gao, sought to use their team’s microscope on brain samples that were expanded four-fold...

Jan 18, 2019

Traitor bacteria help build graphene water filter that kills other bacteria

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

As important a technology as water filters are, they get less effective as bacteria builds up on their surface. Now, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new type of membrane that reduces such biofouling by ac...

Jan 18, 2019

Nanowire-infused 'fire-resistant Xuan paper' lasts for 3000 years

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a new kind of 'fire-resistant Xuan paper' based on ultralong hydroxyapatite nanowires.

Jan 18, 2019

Photoreactions activate magnetic nanoswitches

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Light induces photoreactions that activate the switch of the magnetic orientation of 2D materials dispersed in water.

Jan 18, 2019

Open-source automated chemical vapor deposition system for the production of two-dimensional nanomaterials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research group has released the open-source design of a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system for two-dimensional (2D) materials growth, an advance which could lower the barrier of entry into 2D materials research and expedite 2D materials disc...

Jan 18, 2019

Nanowire meshes to improve electrochemical devices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By re-designing interconnected nanowire networks, researchers fabricated novel nanostructured current collectors, which are the first to combine very high surface area, high porosity, substantially large pores and mechanical flexibility. Thanks t...

Jan 18, 2019

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