Researchers have given greater functionalities to atomic force microscopy (AFM) by minimally invasive surgery to living cells using photocatalytic oxidation controlled in a nanoscale space and visualizing dynamic information on intracellular biomolecules.
Jul 22nd, 2020
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New research into graphene flakes has discovered that the material can act as a surfactant, for the first time demonstrating how it can be a versatile 2D stabiliser ideal for many industrial applications from oil extraction to paper processing.
Jul 22nd, 2020
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Specialized nanoparticles create a 'breath signal' that could be used to diagnose pneumonia and other infectious or genetic diseases.
Jul 22nd, 2020
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Researchers have created a simple device to convert circularly polarized visible laser light into circularly polarized vacuum ultraviolet light, twisted in the opposite direction.
Jul 22nd, 2020
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Researchers are working on a comprehensive characterization and humantoxicological assessment of nanocellulose along its life cycle in order to achieve a reliable risk assessment and safe use in environmentally friendly packaging materials.
Jul 22nd, 2020
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International team of scientists proposes plans for high-intensity gamma radiation source at CERN.
Jul 22nd, 2020
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Scientists combined complementary imaging techniques to explore the atomic structure of human enamel, exposing tiny chemical flaws in the fundamental building blocks of our teeth. The findings could help scientists prevent or possibly reverse tooth decay.
Jul 21st, 2020
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New optical sensing platform can detect genomic cancer biomarkers directly in patient tissues.
Jul 21st, 2020
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Study opens up a new prospect of tailoring the catalytic performance of MoS2 toward large-scale HER applications through confining multi-elements in different atomic layers.
Jul 21st, 2020
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A world-first in light conversion has potential future implications for solar photovoltaics, biomedical imaging, drug delivery and photocatalysis.
Jul 21st, 2020
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'Mysterious' vibrational properties of nanoscale glasses have been studied by subjecting novel (and slightly explosive) particles of aluminium wrapped in a thin alumina skin to neutron spectroscopy measurement.
Jul 21st, 2020
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Physicists have taken extremely fast snapshots of light-induced molecular ring-opening reactions -- similar to those that help a human body produce vitamin D from sunlight.
Jul 20th, 2020
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Lipid-based devices mimic brain-like processing.
Jul 20th, 2020
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Researchers have significantly increased the coherence time of a spin-orbit qubit in silicon, allowing them to preserve quantum information for longer. These results open up a new pathway to scale silicon quantum computers.
Jul 20th, 2020
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A team of researchers has developed a high-precision technology to carve tiny patterns into atomically thin particles for potential applications in manufacturing electronic and photonic nanodevices.
Jul 20th, 2020
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Some molecules exist in two different configurations, one being the mirror image of the other, with right and left side reversed. Normally, it is extremely difficult to produce only one of these two variants. Specially treated gold clusters are now supposed to help.
Jul 20th, 2020
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