Although electron microscopy can already reveal details as small as one nanometer, ongoing research seeks to break through barriers limiting image quality and reducing the optical dose on the samples. Aberration is a common problem in electron mic...
Mar 3, 2023
Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science in Japan have devised a low-cost technique for creating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) on a plastic film. Image Credit: Tokyo University of...
Mar 3, 2023
X-ray diffraction has been used for more than a hundred years to understand the structure of crystals or proteins—for instance, in 1952 the well-known double helix structure of the DNA that carries genetic information was discovered in this way. I...
Mar 3, 2023
Versarien has announced the launch of Umbro's ProTraining Elite range, including garments incorporating the Company's Graphene-Wear technology. Image Versarien has been working with U...
Mar 3, 2023
Researchers have managed to take three-?dimensional pictures of single nanoparticles using extremely short and strong X-?ray pulses. In the future this technique could even be used to make 3D-?movies of dynamical processes at the nanoscale.
Mar 3, 2023
Brain tumors are notoriously hard to treat. One reason is the challenge posed by the blood-brain barrier, a network of blood vessels and tissue with closely spaced cells.
Mar 3, 2023
PCR technology is a molecular diagnostics technology that detects target nucleic acids by amplifying the DNA amount. It has brought marked progress in the life sciences field since its development in...
Mar 3, 2023
The next-generation carbon fiber overcomes the physical property limitations of existing carbon fibers.
Mar 3, 2023
Imagine a sheet of material just one layer of atoms thick—less than a millionth of a millimeter. While this may sound fantastical, such a material exists: it is called graphene and it is made from carbon atoms in a honeycomb arrangement. First syn...
Mar 2, 2023
Let’s see, thought James Vary, how can we have a little fun with the name of our $1
Mar 2, 2023
