A new nanomaterial ‘blanket’ could reduce evaporation from dams by blocking heat while letting sunlight through, helping save scarce water in hot parts of Africa.
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What began as a symbol of status has become a complex technological challenge.
Scientists are exploring light-activated nanoparticles to kill biofilms in stored drinking water, aiming to make household water safer in South Africa.
The textured acrylic plastic surface, inspired by insect wings, could help prevent the spread of major viruses.
Few 20th-century scientific figures are as hard to classify as Buckminster Fuller.
A new study investigated the source of a leak in a ‘miracle measurement’ from 2010 – and engineers found a potential solution.
In South Africa, discarded pineapple leaves can now be turned into a low-cost, eco-friendly solution for both cleaning polluted water and forensics.
Breweries nationwide create waste at several stages of the beer-making process. Repurposing parts of this waste could improve antibacterial drugs.
Researchers compared the environmental footprints of several techniques used to make magnetic nanoparticles.
Mustard gas exposure is dangerous and traumatic – scientists are coming up with ways to detect its presence in the environment.
Exciting new devices and materials powered by tiny nanomaterials are being developed to clean up South Africa’s polluted water sources.
Fire is being used to create the nanoparticles used in the many important nanotechnologies — from solar cells to medical imaging contrast agents.
Your GP shines a light in your eyes, orders a blood test and requests some medical imaging. All rely on light to help diagnose disease.
Nano-enabled pesticides could pose huge risks and they aren’t being regulated effectively enough yet.
Neuralink’s first human trial is more than just a technical milestone; it represents a major leap in potential human-computer interaction.
A tangle of silver nanowires may pave the way to low-energy real-time machine learning.
Beyond ordinary consumption, new research finds uses for kola nut in areas like agriculture and health.
Louis Brus explains some of the foundational research – and how even the letter carrier wants to shake your hand when you’ve just won a Nobel Prize.
Quantum dot technology has also helped revolutionise medical imagining.
Quantum dots are a prime example of the way nanotechnology engineers materials at an atomic scale.
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Professor of Microbiology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
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Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship, RMIT University
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Molecular Imaging Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Hull
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Director, ARC Research Hub for Safe and Reliable Energy, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanotechnology, Carleton University
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Reader in Polymers ad Nanomaterials, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Lancashire
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Senior Professor, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Ecotoxicology, Leiden University
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