From user communities to school competitions, an EU project has given civil society a stronger voice in the ongoing debate over nanotechnology. The goal is to help ensure societal concerns are incorporated at all levels of decision-making, and that research with the potential to directly benefit citizens is prioritised.
Jan 13th, 2017
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Diffraction-based analytical methods are widely used in laboratories, but they struggle to study samples that are smaller than a micrometer in size. Researchers have nevertheless been successful in using electron diffraction to reveal the structure of nanocrystals.
Jan 13th, 2017
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For the first time, EPA is using TSCA to collect existing exposure and health and safety information on chemicals currently in the marketplace when manufactured or processed as nanoscale materials.
Jan 12th, 2017
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An international collaboration among physicists recently demonstrated a new framework for faster control of a quantum bit. Their experiments on a single electron in a diamond chip could create quantum devices less prone to errors when operated at high speeds.
Jan 12th, 2017
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Researchers have demonstrated an enhanced approach to using nanomaterials to target inflammatory cells involved in atherosclerosis. The findings could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis, a leading cause of heart disease.
Jan 12th, 2017
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Researchers have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known - a scientific achievement which has the potential to create a new generation of advanced materials.
Jan 12th, 2017
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New model could help scientists design materials for artificial photosynthesis.
Jan 12th, 2017
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Study uses an electric field to create magnetic properties in nonmagnetic material.
Jan 12th, 2017
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Researchers have demonstrated ultrafast and highly sensitive gas sensors using platinum selenide. This material - a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) - has promising potential in different areas of nanoelectronics, including optoelectonics as well as sensing.
Jan 12th, 2017
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A team of scientists spent two years studying and organizing all of the most significant experimental and theoretical findings in the field of bilayer graphene. As a result, they published a review citing roughly 450 scientific papers on bilayer graphene and related subjects.
Jan 12th, 2017
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BrainCom project proposes a radically new electrocorticography technology taking advantage of unique mechanical and electrical properties of novel nanomaterials such as graphene, 2D materials and organic semiconductors.
Jan 12th, 2017
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Understanding exoskeletons could lead to new, improved artificial materials.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Physicists have cooled a mechanical object to a temperature lower than previously thought possible, below the so-called 'quantum limit'.
Jan 11th, 2017
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New study validates hypothesis that atomic defects are essential to catalytic reactivity; could help make chemical processes greener by decreasing energy use and preventing formation of hazardous products.
Jan 11th, 2017
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In the future, it will be possible to carry out tests of new drugs on bacteria much more efficiently using microfluidic devices, since each of the hundreds and thousands of droplets moving through the microchannels can act as separate incubators.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Measurement shows potential for building better solar cells by imaging fundamental properties of the material.
Jan 11th, 2017
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