A team of scientists from the UK and China has for the first time observed Fermi arcs – a distinct signature of the presence of topological properties – in a microwave metamaterial. Recent experiments have revealed Fermi arcs in quantum matter, but this is the first time they have been seen in a classical 3D […]
In recent years researchers have succeeded in making ultrathin health-monitoring “patches” comprising electronics devices that can be directly applied to skin. However, such wearable electronics are often rigid and do not allow skin to breathe. A team of scientists in Japan has now overcome this problem with its new gas-permeable and stretchable on-skin sensor made […]
Thanks to a technique called hard X-ray magnetic tomography, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland, the ETH Zurich and the University of Glasgow have succeeded in imaging the magnetization in 3D bulk-like magnets and observe features down to just 100 nm. In particular, they have observed structures known as Bloch points, which […]
Japanese scientists have developed a hypoallergenic electronic sensor that can be worn on the skin to monitor a person’s health continuously over a long period. The wearable device, that can be worn for a week without discomfort, has elastic electrodes, made up of breathable nanoscale meshes, that lets the skin breathe, preventing inflammation…….. https://nano-magazine.com/news/2017/7/17/new-wearable-e-skin-sensor-to-boost-health-monitoring
For more than 20 years, marine biologist Mary Hagedorn faced a seemingly intractable problem. She was looking for a way to freeze and defrost the embryos of zebrafish…… https://nano-magazine.com/news/2017/7/13/freezing-and-unfreezing-zebrafish-embryos-using-nanotechnology-and-lasers
Unlike most 11-year-olds, Gitanjali Rao likes to spend some of her free time reading MIT’s material science department website. That’s where Rao learned about a recently-developed type of nanotechnology–and realized that it could be used for a new purpose…… https://nano-magazine.com/news/2017/7/13/this-11-year-old-invented-a-cheap-test-kit-for-lead-in-drinking-water
Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney warn that the broad-spectrum antimicrobial effectiveness of silver is being put at risk by the widespread and inappropriate expansion of nanosilver use in medical and consumer goods….. https://phys.org/news/2017-03-rampant-antibacterial-nanosilver-resistance.html
Nature Communications has recently published a report on the development of an ultrafast tunable metamaterial, based on gallium arsenide nanoparticles, by an international team of Researchers from Moscow State University (Russia), Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque (USA) and Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena (Germany). ….. http://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=47715
In an effort to combine graphene and nanoparticles, two of the most sought-after and popular technologies available today, a team of scientists from the Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a revolutionary synthesis method that enhances the phenomenal properties of these materials without any need to compromise the unique properties […]
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticles are setting themselves to be an attractive alternative to fluorescent probes in biological labeling applications, due to their photostability and multiplexing capabilities. …. http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=4557
The process of synthesizing nanoparticles is mostly trial and error, even though Scientists have been able to synthesize nanoparticles in the lab for decades, and it is still difficult to understand how the formation actually takes place. However, an explanation on how metal nanoparticles form has been presented by Chemical Engineers at the University of […]
An international team in which a UPM researcher is involved has shown that it is possible to mechanically destroy cancer cells by rotating magnetic nanoparticles attached to them in elongated aggregates…. http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=35638
When oil enters into or gets mixed with water, conventional approaches of cleaning the water and removing the oil can be challenging, expensive and environmentally hazardous. A team of Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin believe they have developed a better technique. Details of their research were […]
Umbrella sales in the UAE may soon see a surge in pricing. Researchers at the Masdar Institute have filed for a provisional patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for their discovery – and innovative cloud seeding material that moves them closer to their goal of producing rain on demand. It appears to […]
The renowned camera maker, RED, have unveiled their brand new smartphone, which promises to be the ‘the world’s first holographic media machine… no glasses needed.’ The new phone, named the Hydrogen One, features “nanotechnology that seamlessly switches between traditional 2D content, holographic multi-view content, 3D content and interactive games.”…. https://nano-magazine.com/news/2017/7/7/new-smartphone-with-nanotechnology-holographic-display-revealed
Sporting manufacturers are always looking to create the most innovative equipment to improve performance for athletes using the latest technologies. Nanotechnology has been a component of many sporting brands and companies’ products for over a decade now. So we decided to have a look a some of the top sports where nanotechnology is being used […]
The Graphene Flagship and the European Space Agency are teaming up on two new experiments to test out graphene’s potential for use in space applications……. https://nano-magazine.com/news/2017/7/10/esa-and-graphene-flagship-partner-for-space-experiments
WASHINGTON — In a major victory for environmentalists and public health advocates, the US Food and Drug Administration today banned the use of triclosan as an ingredient in antibacterial soaps, saying that such cleaners were no better than regular soap, and could be harmful….. FDA bans antibacterial soaps containing triclosan
The Swedish Government has notified the European Commission (EC) that it intends to amend the information requirements concerning the Swedish Chemicals Agency’s (KEMI) product register to require notifiers to provide information on nanomaterials contained in the product…. http://www.safenano.org/news/news-articles/sweden-to-require-information-on-nanomaterials-in-product-register-notifications/
Particle and Fibre Toxicology have presented a brand new video abstract summarising new research in Particle and Fibre Toxicology: “Slow lung clearance and limited translocation of four sizes of inhaled iridium nanoparticles”……… http://www.safenano.org/news/news-articles/the-air-you-breathe-do-nanoparticles-pose-a-health-risk/
A California federal appeals court has revoked the US EPA’s conditional approval of a product containing nanosilver because it could not confirm that its use was in the public interest…. http://www.safenano.org/news/news-articles/court-revokes-us-epa-approval-of-nanosilver-product/
