The materials synthesis method known as sequential infiltration synthesis, or SIS, has the potential to improve not only chip manufacturing but also things like hard drive storage, solar cell efficiency, anti-reflective surfaces on optics and water-repellant car windshields.
Oct 2nd, 2018
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Scientists discovered that single atoms of platinum can break the bond between carbon and fluorine, one of the strongest known chemical bonds.
Oct 2nd, 2018
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the NobelPrize in Physics 2018 'for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics'.
Oct 2nd, 2018
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Using supercomputers, scientists found a surprising amount of water compression at the nanoscale. These findings could help advance medical diagnostics through creation of nanoscale systems that detect, identify, and sort biomolecules.
Oct 1st, 2018
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A new 4-year project aims to develop software that will bring the power of exascale computers to the computational study and design of catalytic materials.
Oct 1st, 2018
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A new screening process could dramatically accelerate the identification of nanoparticles suitable for delivering therapeutic RNA into living cells.
Oct 1st, 2018
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Researchers have implemented oxygen sensitive nanoparticles into a gel material that can be used for 3D printing of complex, biofilm and tissue like structures harboring living cells as well as built-in chemical sensors.
Oct 1st, 2018
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Researchers found by encapsulating medication use nanoparticles, treatment is more effective in triple-negative breast cancer cells.
Oct 1st, 2018
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Researchers have used cryo-electron microscopy to shed light on how a certain protein keeps microtubules stable, and regulates microtubule-based transport within cells.
Oct 1st, 2018
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DUT-60 is a new crystalline framework with the world's highest specific surface and the highest specific pore volume measured so far among all known crystalline framework materials.
Oct 1st, 2018
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Researchers have developed a nanoparticle type for novel use in artificial photosynthesis by adding zinc sulfide on the surface of indium-based quantum dots. These quantum dots produce clean hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight.
Oct 1st, 2018
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Researchers report a new hydrogen-generating catalyst that clears many of the obstacles- abundance, stability in acid conditions and efficiency.
Sep 28th, 2018
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Nanostructures can increase the sensitivity of optical sensors enormously - provided that the geometry meets certain conditions and matches the wavelength of the incident light.
Sep 28th, 2018
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Scientists have synthesized PANI/Zn ferrite composites which have shown excellent microwave absorption performance.
Sep 28th, 2018
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Researchers are studying the thermodynamics of small nanomachines only consisting of a few atoms. They outline how these small machines behave in concert.
Sep 27th, 2018
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Engineers make white paint whiter - and cooler - by removing white pigment and invent a polymer coating, with nano-to-microscale air voids, that acts as a spontaneous air cooler and can be fabricated, dyed, and applied like paint.
Sep 27th, 2018
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