Nanotube

Carbon-Nanotube Yarn Twists and Stretches To Produce High Yields of Electricity

September 4, 2017

The new material, called ‘twistron,’ is already under patent (Image Image: University of Texas at Dallas) An international team of researchers based at the University of Texas at Dallas and Hanyang University in South Korea has [more...]

Sensor Detects Spoiled Meat

April 19, 2015

This MIT device, based on modified carbon nanotubes, can detect amines produced by decaying meat. Image Credit: Sophie Liu MIT chemists have devised an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gases emitted by rotting meat, allowing [more...]

Plants Enable Highly Sensitive Temperature Sensors

April 5, 2015

ETH scientists used cells form the tobacco plant to build the by far most sensitive temperature sensor. (Image Credit: Daniele Flo/ETH Zurich) Scientists from ETH Zurich have developed a thermometer that is at least 100 times more [more...]

Gold Nanotubes Launch a Three-Pronged Attack on Cancer Cells

February 19, 2015

The nanotubes can be tumour-targeted and have a central ‘hollow’ core that can be loaded with a therapeutic payload ( Image credit: Jing Claussen (iThera Medical, Germany)) Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many [more...]