Use of nanopores could lead to cleaner water
Not all nanopores are created equal. For starters, their diameters vary between 1 and 10 nanometers (nm).
Nanomaterials
Sep 27, 2019
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News tagged with nanopores
Optofluidic chip with nanopore 'smart gate' developed for single molecule analysis
A new chip-based platform developed by researchers at UC Santa Cruz integrates nanopores and optofluidic technology with a feedback-control circuit to enable an unprecedented level of control over individual molecules and ...
Nanophysics
Aug 16, 2019
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Developing a new type of refrigeration via force-driven liquid gas transition
A research team of Tohoku University, Nissan Motor Co., Shinshu University, and Okayama University made a groundbreaking discovery in the quest to replace hydrofluorocarbons in refrigeration systems with natural refrigerants ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 19, 2019
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How to detect life on Mars
When MIT research scientist Christopher Carr visited a green sand beach in Hawaii at the age of 9, he probably didn't think that he'd use the little olivine crystals beneath his feet to one day search for extraterrestrial ...
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2019
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Screening for rare but important disease 'biomarkers' gets an accuracy boost
Researchers have created a system that can detect and quantify small and rare biological molecules that are important for detecting disease early.
Bio & Medicine
May 1, 2019
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Liquid crystals in nanopores produce a surprisingly large negative pressure
Negative pressure governs not only the Universe or the quantum vacuum. This phenomenon, although of a different nature, appears also in liquid crystals confined in nanopores. At the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 25, 2019
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Flies smell through a Gore-Tex system
A research group led by a scientist of the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has gained important insights into the nanopores that allow the fruit fly to detect chemicals in the air, and has identified the ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2019
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X-ray analysis of carbon nanostructures helps material design
Nanostructures made of carbon are extremely versatile. They can absorb ions in batteries and supercapacitors, store gases and desalinate water. How well they cope with the task at hand depends largely on the structural features ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2019
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Nanopores make portable mass spectrometer for peptides a reality
University of Groningen scientists have developed nanopores to directly measure the mass of peptides. Although the resolution needs improvement, this proof of principle shows that a cheap and portable peptide mass spectrometer ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 20, 2019
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Laboratory's nanopore research hits a nerve
Since the discovery of biological ion channels and their role in physiology, scientists have attempted to create man-made structures that mimic their biological counterparts.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 11, 2019
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