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Nanomaterial with 'light switch' kills Gram-negative or Gram-positive bacteria
Researchers have created a versatile bactericidal nanomaterial with a photochemical 'light switch' to selectively target and combat different bacterial infections, including multi-drug resistant strains like MRSA.
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Harvesting water from air with solar power
Atmospheric water harvester provides water to arid communities using hygroscopic gel and salts.
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Light-controlled liquid metal strips bring new flexibility to soft robotics
Researchers develop customizable photo-responsive films that sustain complex deformations, enabling rapid prototyping of resilient multifunctional soft robots for real-world applications.
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Polymer-grafting approach facilitates fabrication of surface-functionalized MOF nanosheets
New study details a polymer-grafting approach for creating surface-functionalized MOF nanosheets, highlighting a significant advancement in the field of material science and its potential impact on nanotechnology.
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New material replicates the structural design of colored bird feathers
Researchers have developed a new material that replicates the structure responsible for the blue feathers of the North American song bird, among many other birds. It also has other striking advantages.
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Tiny electromagnets made of graphene
Researchers fired short terahertz pulses at micrometer-sized discs of graphene, which briefly turned them into surprisingly strong magnets. This discovery may prove useful for developing future magnetic switches and storage devices.
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Watching electrons at work
Scientists have taken snapshots of the crystal structure of perovskite nanocrystals as it was deformed by excited electrons. To their surprise, the deformation straightened out the skewed crystal structure rather than making it more disordered.
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Limestone putty nanogenerator harvests energy from everyday motion to power small devices
Researchers have created a new kind of triboelectric nanogenerator that produces electricity through the use of limestone putty, promising a considerable cost savings over conventional manufacturing methods.
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A technique with the potential to enhance optical data storage capacity in diamonds
Physicists store many different images at the same place in a diamond by using a laser of a slightly different color to store different information into different atoms in the same microscopic spots.
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Graphene discs generate picosecond-switchable magnetic fields
Researchers developed graphene discs that generate magnetic fields 10,000x Earth's - switchable in picoseconds. By stirring electrons with light, discs produce swirling plasmons acting as nanomagnets toggled in trillionths of a second, enabling dynamic control from quantum dots to magnetocaloric materials.
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Low-cost microscope projection photolithography system for high-resolution fabrication
Researchers have developed a low-cost and user-friendly fabrication technique, called UV-LED-based microscope projection photolithography, for rapid high-resolution manufacturing of optical elements within seconds. This approach transfers structure patterns on a photomask to a photoresist-coated substrate under UV illumination.
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Technique could help tap 2D van der Waals ferroelectrics for use in next-generation electronics
Scientists mapped out the structural features of a 2D ferroelectric material made of tin and selenium atoms, showing how domains - areas of the material in which molecules are identically oriented - impact the behavior of the material.
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Placing nanoparticles in the palm of your hand
An innovative way to teach nanoscience, using 3D-printed models that make the unseen visible.
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Breakthroughs in nanosized contrast agents and drug carriers through self-folding molecules
Self-folding polymers containing gadolinium forming nanosized complexes could be the key to enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and next-generation drug delivery.
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Exciting industrial opportunities of Holey Super Graphene
Super Holey Graphene enhances the already impressive properties of graphene, making it a significant breakthrough in materials science.
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Watching the DNA repair process by a photolyase at atomic resolution
For the first time, it is possible to follow, step-by-step and with atomic resolution, what happens when the enzyme DNA photolyase repairs ultraviolet light-induced DNA damage.
December 4, 2023 Read more
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