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Big success for UK nanodots
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 25 Apr 2018
A UK manufacturer of cadmium-free quantum dots and nanomaterials, is expanding after signing an agr…
Doubling the life of Li-ion batteries with graphene
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 8 Feb 2018
New research suggests that the life of lithium-ion batteries could be more than doubled by using gr…
Graphene brings sports footwear breakthrough
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 23 Jan 2018
A partnership is launching a revolutionary world-first in the sports footwear market following a co…
Warning over dangerous coal-based nanoparticle
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 22 Aug 2017
Potentially dangerous nanoparticles produced through coal combustion have been discovered by scient…
New conducting sheets hint at smaller electronics
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 19 Jun 2017
Smaller electronic devices could be possible after scientists discover a new way to create extremel…
Flexible superconductor developed
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 2 May 2017
Experimental physicists in Germany have developed an ultrathin, flexible nanomaterial with supercon…
Nanocars driven by UV light
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 29 Nov 2016
An international collaboration has seen scientists control single molecule ‘nanoroadsters’ with lig…
World’s smallest machines scoop Chemistry Nobel
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 5 Oct 2016
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart a…
Nanoparticle offers hope for future cancer treatment
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 25 Jul 2016
A ‘smart’, biodegradeable nanoparticle has been created that can be used to target and treat tumour…
World's smallest engine created
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 17 May 2016
Scientists from the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge have created the world’s tiniest engine – a f…
New use discovered for graphene
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 13 Jan 2016
Graphene has been found to be adept at filtering subatomic particles, by a team of UK scientists.
Invisible wires could improve solar efficiency
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 29 Dec 2015
Scientists have found a way to improve solar cell design, improving efficiency and lowering the cos…
Electrical paper material developed
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 24 Dec 2015
Swedish scientists have developed a paper-like material with the ability to store electricity.
New sensor for MRI and fluorescent imaging
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 26 Nov 2014
Nanoparticles capable of simultaneously performing fluorescent and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Lipid membrane ink gives nanometre resolution
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 16 Oct 2014
Lipid membranes have been used as a biological ‘ink’ to draw in the nanometre region in a new techn…
Rotating nanoparticles cause cancer cells to self-destruct
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 29 Apr 2014
Magnetically controlled nanoparticles which force tumour cells to self-destruct could form part of …
On-demand nano-vaccines
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 19 Feb 2014
Vaccines produced on the spot when and where a disease is breaking out might be possible thanks to …
Network nanotrain arrives on time
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 16 Dec 2013
Powered by nanoscale motors and controlled by DNA – the latest tiny self-assembling transport netwo…
Nanoparticles by design
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 11 Dec 2013
Researchers in Japan say they have succeeded in designing and creating multicomponent nanoparticles…
Carbon nanotube acts as size sorter
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 7 Oct 2013
Tiny molecules passing through nanotubes can be propelled or slowed down depending on their size sa…
