Food packaging could be negatively affecting nutrient absorption in your body
Nanoparticles in food packaging could be negatively affecting the way in which your digestive tract operates.
Apr 9th, 2018
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Bloodless nanotechnology diabetes monitor draws fluid across a single hair follicle
Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreDoing the nano-shimmy
New device modulates light and amplifies tiny signals.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreHigh efficiency solar power conversion allowed by a novel composite material
A composite thin film made of two different inorganic oxide materials significantly improves the performance of solar cells.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreLatest nanowire experiment boosts confidence in Majorana sighting
New test matches theory and offers the best evidence yet for the oddball particles.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreA new way to atomically thin materials
Silicon secedes: titanium carbide flakes obtained by selective etching of titanium silicon carbide.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreNanotechnology research team advances to final round of the Carbon XPRIZE
The C2CNT project aims to convert carbon dioxide to carbon nanotubes on a massive scale to impact climate change.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreSolid research leads physicists to propose new state of matter
The term 'superfluid quasicrystal' sounds like something a comic-book villain might use to carry out his dastardly plans. In reality, it is a new form of matter proposed by theoretical physicists.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreIridescent photonic cellulose, mimicking the structural color of insects, with optical applications
A new study describes, for the first time, the technique to provide structural coloration on a cellulose derivative through its nanostructuration.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreUltra-powerful batteries made safer, more efficient
Team aims to curb formation of harmful crystal-like masses in lithium metal batteries.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreTiny nanomachine successfully completes test drive
Scientists have used nanostructures to construct a tiny machine that constitutes a rotatory motor and can move in a specific direction. The researchers used circular structures from DNA.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read morePrinted thermo-plasmonic heat patterns for neurological disorder treatment
Researchers have presented a highly customizable neural stimulation method. They developed a technology that can print the heat pattern on a micron scale to enable the control of biological activities remotely.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreGold changes the photoluminescence of silicon quantum dots
Scientists have demonstrated that applying gold stripes to a sample with silicon quantum dots modifies the dots' properties.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreEnhancing light-molecule interactions via crystal lattice vibrations
Researchers demonstrate a new way to strongly couple infrared light and molecular vibrations, by utilizing phonon polariton nanoresonators made of hexagonal boron nitride, a Van der Waals material.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreNanostructured alloying with oxygen
Scientists have analysed in-situ copper-iron alloys during annealing to find out when and how oxide is formed and how it can be used to strengthen nanocrystalline materials.
Apr 9th, 2018
Read moreVehicle particle pollution under the nano-microscope
A EU project is developing a way of measuring polluting particles smaller than 23 nanometres - the smallest size covered by current legislation.
Apr 9th, 2018
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