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New method gives microscope a boost in resolution: Mirrored slides now allow significantly sharper images

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have been able to boost current super-resolution microscopy by a novel tweak. They coated the glass cover slip as part of the sample carrier with tailor-made biocompatible nanosheets that create a 'mirror effect'. This method ...

Dec 11, 2018

Insights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have long studied magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), aquatic microbes that have the ability to orientate themselves to magnetic fields. This unusual behaviour makes them a subject of interest for improving our understanding of biomagnetism,...

Dec 11, 2018

Carbon nanotube based electrochemical sensor for fast detection of phenol in wastewater

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered a low cost and non-enzymatic phenol sensor that exhibits high sensitivity, good selectivity, reproducibility, and stability which has potential application in phenol detection in discharged wastewater.

Dec 11, 2018

Insights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Understanding the behaviour of the magnetic chain in magnetotactic bacteria may lay foundations for bacterial applications such as motors in biological nanorobots, which could perform minor surgical procedures, or deliver drugs to specific places ...

Dec 11, 2018

A step closer toward revolution in electronics?

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A successful development of a microfluidic platform capable of sorting individual carbon nanotubes in new dissertation in physics could possible lead to a revolution in the technology of electronic devices.

Dec 11, 2018

Cutting and pasting with graphene

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To date it has proved very difficult to convert the promises of the miracle material graphene into practical applications. Amedeo Bellunato, Ph.D. candidate at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, has developed a method of cutting graphene into smal...

Dec 11, 2018

Copper compound as promising quantum computing unit

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemists synthesise molecule as possible component for quantum computers .

Dec 11, 2018

Using Nanowire Memristor to Artificially Emulate Biological Synapses of the Human Brain

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

One of the most significant difficulties faced by modern technology is emulating and understanding the human brain: for one thing, the potential to artificially reproduce the processing of brain...

Dec 11, 2018

Cutting and pasting with graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed a method of cutting graphene into smaller fragments using a diamond knife. They can then construct nanostructures from the fragments.

Dec 11, 2018

Model tackles nonlinear optics in 2D materials - Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A freshly derived equation sheds light on the nonlinear responses in graphene and related materials The post Model tackles nonlinear optics in 2D materials appeared first on Physics World.

Dec 10, 2018

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