Nov 18, 2021 (Nanowerk News) When you think about how rapidly computers have filled our homes, our cars, and even ourselves through watches and earpieces, it might be hard to believe that there is a massive gap between a computer’s processing power and the speed, capacity, and reliability of our...
Nested nanowells speed single cell studies
Nov 18, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers tracking the behavior of cancerous tumor cells have a new tool in their arsenal that can process 10 times the number of cells in one day. A new nested nanoPOTS chip, developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was reported in the journal Nature...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Scientists develop promising vaccine method against recurrent UTI
Home > Press > Scientists develop promising vaccine method against recurrent UTI Dr. Nicole De Nisco conducts research aimed at understanding the basis for recurring urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women. In her lab, students monitor the growth of various bacteria. Credit:The University of Texas at Dallas Abstract:Researchers at...
3D printing approaches atomic dimensions
Nov 18, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A new 3D printing technology makes the production of complex metallic objects at the nanoscale possible. A team of chemists led by a scientist from the University of Oldenburg has developed an electrochemical technique that can be used to make objects out of copper just...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: How ultracold, superdense atoms become invisible: A new study confirms that as atoms are chilled and squeezed to extremes, their ability to scatter light is suppressed
Home > Press > How ultracold, superdense atoms become invisible: A new study confirms that as atoms are chilled and squeezed to extremes, their ability to scatter light is suppressed The principle of Pauli blocking can be illustrated by an analogy of people filling seats in an arena. Each person...
Exploding and weeping ceramics provide path to new shape-shifting material (w/video)
Nov 18, 2021 (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Kiel University in Germany have discovered a path that could lead to shape-shifting ceramic materials. This discovery could improve everything from medical devices to electronics. The research is published open access in...
A first biodegradable version of velcro has been created, drawing inspiration from climbing plants (w/video)
Nov 18, 2021 (Nanowerk News) The research group coordinated by Barbara Mazzolai at the IIT – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) has created the first ever prototype of a soft, biodegradable and soluble velcro inspired by the micro-hook structure of leaves on the “catchweed” plant (Galium aparine),...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Energizer atoms: JILA researchers find new way to keep atoms excited
Home > Press > Energizer atoms: JILA researchers find new way to keep atoms excited Still images from animation of JILA's experiment keeping atoms excited longer than usual. CREDIT Hanacek/NIST Abstract:JILA researchers have tricked nature by tuning a dense quantum gas of atoms to make a congested Fermi sea,...
Pushing the limits of electronic circuits
Nov 18, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Ruonan Han’s research is driving up the speeds of microelectronic circuits to enable new applications in communications, sensing, and security. Han, an associate professor who recently earned tenured in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, focuses on producing semiconductors that operate efficiently at...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Cancer cells use tiny tentacles to suppress the immune system: With the power of nanotechnology, investigators have discovered that cancer cells strengthen by forming nanotubes that they use to suck mitochondria out of immune cells
Home > Press > Cancer cells use tiny tentacles to suppress the immune system: With the power of nanotechnology, investigators have discovered that cancer cells strengthen by forming nanotubes that they use to suck mitochondria out of immune cells Left: Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) image shows the formation...