NANOTECHNOLOGY

UT Dallas Researchers Lead Fabrication of Powerful Unipolar Carbon Nanotube “Muscles”

NANOTECHNOLOGY 01.31.2021 00:10 AM

A culmination of more than 15 years of work, researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas, together with collaborators from the US, South Korea, Australia, and China, have created unipolar carbon nanotube "muscles."

European Researchers Develop New Source for Single Photons

01.30.2021 22:55 PM

Physicists from the University of Basel in Switzerland and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany developed a novel source of single photons - capable of producing billions of tiny quantum particles each second.

New “Smart Bandage” Could Detect and Prevent Infections

01.26.2021 02:45 AM

Bandages, which have long been used to cover wounds, have now been upgraded to detect and prevent infections, thanks to nanotechnology.

Biomolecular "Crown" Now Observable, Thanks to a Novel Method

01.26.2021 00:55 AM

Nanomedicine is an emerging field of study that employs techniques, diagnostics, and therapies in the minute yet precise nanometer scale - and new research could help better observe these very small particles.

Magic-Angle Twisted Graphene Could Play Host to New Phases of Matter

01.24.2021 02:55 AM

A sheet of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene was found to be capable of hosting new topological phases of matter.

Nanomaterials Improve Hybrid Flow Battery Electrodes, Advancing Renewable Energy Storage

01.24.2021 00:15 AM

With the help of nanomaterials, researchers found a way to improve hybrid flow batteries' performance - making the store energy longer at a lower cost, fewer location restraints, and zero emissions.

Researchers Engineer Nanoparticles To Create Super-Hard Metals

01.23.2021 22:40 PM

A new method has found a way to manage nanoparticles to create harder metals. Traditionally, metallurgists have made metal harder through various processes - bending, twisting, passing it through rollers, or by hammering it - that work by breaking up the metal's grain structure.

Too Small, Too Cool: NIST Scientists Miniaturize Laser Cooling

01.22.2021 00:22 AM

Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have managed to create a smaller version of the optical components that can cool atoms down close to absolute zero - a few thousandths of a degree from 0 Kelvins.

Mask Said To Deactivate Different Coronavirus Types in 2 Hours

01.21.2021 21:43 PM

Spanish firm Bioinicia recently announced it developed a special mask with a filtration efficacy that can deactivate various coronavirus types in two hours.

Anode-Free Zinc-Based Battery Is the Future of Renewable Energy Storage

01.21.2021 03:20 AM

With a new base material that is naturally abundant and lower costing, an anode-free zinc-based battery could be the safer, more cost-effective alternative for renewable energy storage.

Scientists Establish Relationship Between Nanotube Length and Friction, To Guide Creation of Stronger Fibers

01.20.2021 03:50 AM

While carbon nanotube fibers are known to be less durable than the nanotubes within them, a new study could help close the gap between these materials.

Researchers Set New Guinness World Record for Finest Woven Fabric

01.20.2021 03:30 AM

A research team from the University of Manchester in the UK has overtaken Egyptian linen's finest Egyptian linen for the world's finest woven fabric, recognized by the Guinness World Records.

Ultra-Efficient, Nano-Thin Piezoelectric Materials Advance Self-Powered Electronics

01.20.2021 02:40 AM

A new design for ultra-efficient, nano-thin piezoelectric materials could revolutionize self-powered electronics, such as wearable gadgets and medical implants like pacemakers.

Copper Cubes Used as Catalyst in New Reactor To Convert Carbon Monoxide Into Acetic Acid

01.13.2021 01:40 AM

Rice University engineers created a copper cubes reactor that converts the unwanted waste gas carbon monoxide into industrially useful product acetic acid.

Researchers Developed a “Swiss Army Knife” Catalyst from 10 Different Elements

01.12.2021 03:45 AM

A team from the University of Illinois Chicago worked to develop a "Swiss Army Knife" catalyst - made up of ten different elements aside from Oxygen that helps natural gas burn cleaner.

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