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“Rocking” Brownian Motor Pushes Nanoparticles Around

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

IBM’s nanomotor can sort and separate nanoparticles, could be lab-on-a-chip game-changer

Apr 5, 2018

“Rocking” Brownian Motor Pushes Nanoparticles Around

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

IBM’s nanomotor can sort and separate nanoparticles, could be lab-on-a-chip game-changer

Apr 5, 2018

Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage to brain cells across a cellular barrier

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

New research by scientists shows that when cellular barriers are exposed to metal nanoparticles, cellular messengers are released that may cause damage to the DNA of developing brain cells. The discovery may have implications for the development o...

Apr 4, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - News Story: This Wired Wallpaper Could Turn Your Whole House Into A Fire Alarm

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The wallpaper comes from Chinas Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, where Professor Ying-Jie Zhu and his team are experimenting with graphene applications. Their research, recently published in the journ...

Apr 2, 2018

Dynamic Range of Nanoresonators on Par With Animal Hearing

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Atomically thin membranes enable nanoresonators to achieve extraordinalry wide dynamic range for tiny machines

Mar 30, 2018

Dynamic Range of Nanoresonators on Par With Animal Hearing

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Atomically thin membranes enable nanoresonators to achieve extraordinalry wide dynamic range for tiny machines

Mar 30, 2018

New technique accurately measures the water slippage in single graphene nanofluidic channels

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For most viscous liquids, the solid surface of surrounding channel walls poses friction resistance to the flowing liquid, causing a loss of velocity at the liquid/solid interface. As a result, for regular surfaces the energy required for nanofluid...

Mar 27, 2018

Report on statistics and indicators of biotechnology and nanotechnology

OECD   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

This paper provides a summary of trends and developments in biotechnology and nanotechnology over the last 20-25 years based on the longitudinal analyses of patents. It also introduces an experimental indicator which aims to visualise developments...

Mar 27, 2018

Cell-penetrating 'nanodrills' show promise for intracellular drug delivery

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have created new nanomaterials able to cross cell membranes, establishing a novel platform for the intracellular delivery of molecular drugs and other cargo.

Mar 27, 2018

Few-layer antimonene decorated microfiber improves optical modulation communication with enhanced long-term stability

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have used a few-layer antimonene nanosheet to demonstrate all optical modulation in optical signal processing. To utilize the saturable absorption property of few-layer antimonene, antimonene-decorated microfiber was employed as an opt...

Mar 26, 2018

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