The last 10 years have seen a surge in the use of tiny substances called nanomaterials in agrochemicals like pesticides and fungicides. The idea is to provide more disease protection and better yields for crops, while decreasing the amount of toxi...
Jun 25, 2018
Researchers report on the potential of carbon nanotubes as single-photon emitters for quantum information processing. A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is collaborating with colleagues at CNRS (The French National Center for Scient...
Jun 25, 2018
Programmable nucleic acid nanoparticle (NANP) technology is a relatively new field that has already given rise to a host of self-assembling nucleic acid nanoparticles that are increasingly viewed as promising biological materials for medical appli...
Jun 25, 2018
Programmable nucleic acid nanoparticle (NANP) technology is a relatively new field that has already given rise to a host of self-assembling nucleic acid nanoparticles that are increasingly viewed as promising biological materials for medical appli...
Jun 25, 2018
Adjustments to sulfur-containing molecules have enabled researchers to precisely control the growth of gold nanowires, which are potentially useful in various applications including biosensors and catalysis.
Jun 25, 2018
Sensor systems developer FLIR Systems Inc. has been awarded a $2.6 million order from the U.S. Army to deliver the Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS). The FLIR Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS) will support squad-...
Jun 25, 2018
Metamaterials that cloak people and objects from radar, visible light or infrared are usually thick and heavy, but now engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an ultrathin, lightweight sheet that absorbs heat signat...
Jun 25, 2018
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that takes advantage of gold nanoparticles to
Jun 25, 2018
A new research project announced recently as a collaboration between the Georgia Institute of Technology and satellite communications provider Xenesis could help open the bottleneck that now limits the flow of data from Earth-orbiting sat...
Jun 25, 2018
Technology capable of producing high-grade graphite at a price and scale viable for use in energy storage devices, coatings and polymers is being commercialised following the establishment of a new Australian company.
Jun 25, 2018
