Tag: Nanotechnology

Cluster of E. coli bacteria, magnified at 10,000 times. Researchers in Singapore have created a new material that is able to kill the E. coli bacteria in half a minute. This is great news because on a daily basis we are all exposed to millions of harmful bacteria that can lead to infectious diseases like […]

The team has created CO2 sorbents that are able to capture CO2 in larger numbers and at higher stability than previous attempts. Getting rid of the use of liquid sorbents, the new study works with amines on a porous solid, a much more stable method. CO2 levels are higher than they have ever been and […]

An innovative 3-D inkjet printing method has allowed researchers from the University of Sheffield to take the biggest step yet in producing microscopic silk swimming devices that are biodegradable and harmless to a biological system. These devices will potentially be used in the human body for applications including drug delivery and to help pinpoint cancer cells. […]

3-D printer uses power of light to create terahertz lens. Newly developed lens could be used for security imaging and biomedical research. Terahertz is a wavelength within the electromagnetic spectrum that is neither well understood nor often discussed, although it does play a very important role in both imaging and communications. Cheng Sun from Northwestern Engineering called terahertz a gap […]

A new study reports that clusters of gold atoms formed into nanoparticles can effectively kill cancer cells. The method would be especially useful for tumors that cannot be totally removed due to complications, and could lead to considerably higher survival rates among some patients if it is proven to work. The experiment was carried out […]

The basic forms of solar cells currently on store shelves are weighty and bulky. However, that is about to change in the near future when the laboratory proof-of-concept solar cells made by MIT researchers become a commercial product. Although, this is understandably far off, say years to come. The innovative photovoltaic cells hold a lot […]

Researchers have created a fiber-optic based chemical sensing method that takes light within a fiber in order to produce sound waves on the outside. This provides researchers with information about what lies around the fiber. This new practice holds promise to better sensing possibilities in industrial processes and remote chemical detection, along with many other […]

Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have created nano-particles that have the ability to carry anti-obesity drugs directly into fatty tissue. When overweight mice were given this new nano-particle treatment they lost 10 percent of their overall bodyweight in just under a month without any adverse side effects. The drugs work by reconstructing […]