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Researchers succeed in creating graphene-based functional semiconductor

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and China's Tianjin University have created a novel functional semiconductor made from graphene, potentially opening the door to various next-gen electronics. 

Jan 5, 2024

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Releases Nanotddb High Voltage Accessory for Jupiter Xr, Large Sample Atomic Force Microscope

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research today announces the release of its new nanoscale time-dependent dielectric breakdown (nanoTDDB) high voltage accessory for the Jupiter XR atomic force microscope (AFM).

Jan 5, 2024

Nanoparticle transport across the blood brain barrier increases with Alzheimer's and age

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed nanoparticles that are able to selectively bind to activated astrocytes and microglia cells that mediate brain inflammation in AD, and found that both AD and aging strongly affect the ability of nanoparticles to cross th...

Jan 5, 2024

10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A new material that doesn’t just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar, renowned for its use in bulletproof vests.

Jan 5, 2024

FDA 510(k) clearance for SimpleSense-BP

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Patented fabric-based nanosensor technology captures over 120+ million patient data points per day.

Jan 5, 2024

Anti-CTLA-4 nanobodies offer promising strategy to prevent colitis in cancer immunotherapy

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Microbiota-reactive T cells trigger colitis in mice harboring the microbiota of wild-caught mice following CTLA-4 blockade, according to a new study that reveals a major mechanism by which anti-CTLA-4 antibodies induce inflammatory toxicities duri...

Jan 4, 2024

New Transistors Might Need a Different Cut of Silicon

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The wafers of silicon that ultimately become the chips in your smartphone consist of a single crystal. But that crystal has many faces, and it matters which of those faces is at the surface, where transistors are made. According to research prese...

Jan 4, 2024

Research team develops novel high-performance photoelectrode that uses zinc oxide nanopagoda array

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A research team consisting of members of the Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute and the Functional Materials Engineering Laboratory at the Toyohashi University of Technology, has developed a novel high-performance photoelectrode by constructing...

Jan 4, 2024

In "Strange Metals," the Flow of Electricity Is Equally Strange

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

In normal metals, electricity flows in the form of charged particles. Now scientists may have found the first direct evidence that in so-called strange metals, electricity may flow as a mysterious fluid instead. In a paper published in Science, r...

Jan 4, 2024

Nanoparticle transport across the blood brain barrier increases with Alzheimer's and age, study finds

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease affect more than 270 million people worldwide. AD is the leading cause of dementia, resulting in memory loss due to atrophy of neurons in the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain ...

Jan 4, 2024

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