Month: May 2021

IMAGE: An artist’s impression of a diamond building block in a future photonic circuit. view more  Credit: Igor Aharonovich Marilyn Monroe famously sang that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but they are also very popular with quantum scientists – with two new research breakthroughs poised to accelerate the development of synthetic diamond-based quantum technology, improve

IMAGE: Conventional macroscanner and MEMS-type LiDAR systems view more  Credit: POSTECH The nanophotonics-based LiDAR technology developed by a POSTECH research team was presented as an invited paper in Nature Nanotechnology, the leading academic journal in the field of nanoscience and nanoengineering. In this paper, a POSTECH research team (led by Professor Junsuk Rho of the departments

IMAGE: The NanoGear molecule belongs to the class of rotaxanes and consists of three components: a ring that can slide along an axle that bears a rotor installed in its centre…. view more  Credit: Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (Clan) / University of Bologna Gears and mechanical transmissions are at home in the Emilia-Romagna region, the

IMAGE: POSS-peptoid molecules self-assemble into rhomboid-shaped nanocrystals. view more  Credit: (Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with collaborators from Washington State University, created a novel material capable of capturing light energy. This material provides a highly efficient artificial light-harvesting system with potential

IMAGE: URI doctoral student Peter Ricci (left) and Professor Otto Gregory test the Digital Dog Nose sensors platform in Gregory’s Thin Film Sensors Laboratory at URI. The blue devices on the… view more  Credit: (Photo courtesy of Otto Gregory.) KINGSTON, R.I. – May 14, 2021 – We are frequently reminded of how vulnerable our health and

IMAGE: Dr Andrew Hook in the lab view more  Credit: University of Nottingham A new method to analyse the blood thinning drug Heparin has been developed that can pinpoint contaminants more accurately and quickly, providing greater quality control and safety. An interdisciplinary team from the University of Nottingham’s Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine have used the

IMAGE: (left) Schematic illustration of the technique. The stiffness of nanomaterials such as platinum (Pt) atomic chains can be measured using a length-extension resonator (LER) made with a quartz crystal. The… view more  Credit: Yoshifumi Oshima Ishikawa, Japan – Today, many well-studied materials in various fields, such as electronics and catalysis, are close to reaching their

IMAGE: Deep learning helps researchers to find hidden features in resistive pulse signals in nanopore sensing of nanoscale objects. view more  Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan – Scientists from the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research at Osaka University used machine learning methods to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio in data collected when tiny spheres are passed

IMAGE: Stefan Wilhelm, Assistant Professor in the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma view more  Credit: Travis Caperton, OU Photographer NORMAN, OKLA. – University of Oklahoma researcher Stefan Wilhelm, Ph.D., recently received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation. The NSF awarded Wilhelm a $761,727 CAREER

IMAGE: The front ribbon of the Z-RNA Double-Helix points upwards to the left. In A-RNA and in Watson-Crick B-DNA the foremost ribbon points upwards to the right. Left handed Z-RNA… view more  Credit: Alan Herbert In a paper published in the May 13th, 2021 issue of PLOS Genetics, a Z-RNA nanoswitch that regulates interferon immune responses