It's great in the lab, but will it actually work? That's the million-dollar question perpetually leveled at engineering researchers. For a family of layered nanomaterials that answer is now, yes.
May 18th, 2018
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Researchers share more insight into their unique method for skin disease diagnosis using NanoFlare nanotechnology.
May 18th, 2018
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Flexible display technology with quantum dots.
May 18th, 2018
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A team of researchers have made a key step towards understanding the boundary between the quantum world and our everyday classical world.
May 18th, 2018
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In exploring the optical properties of the Madagascar comet moth's cocoon fibers, a research team discovers the fibers' exceptional capabilities to reflect sunlight and to transmit optical signals and images, and develops methods to spin artificial fibers mimicking the natural fibers? nanostructures and optical properties.
May 17th, 2018
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A research team investigating how drug molecules in a solution travel through a nanofluidic membrane found that the molecules and membrane do not interact as expected.
May 17th, 2018
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The test, which is at the proof-of-concept stage, can rapidly screen a drop of blood for biomarkers of pancreatic cancer. It can provide results in less than an hour.
May 17th, 2018
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Instead of having the batteries' anode and cathode on either side of a nonconducting separator, researchers intertwine the components in a self-assembling, 3D gyroidal structure, with thousands of nanoscale pores filled with the elements necessary for energy storage and delivery.
May 17th, 2018
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Researchers made the first observations of waves of atomic rearrangements, known as phasons, propagating supersonically through a vibrating crystal lattice - a discovery that may dramatically improve heat transport in insulators and enable new strategies for heat management in future electronics devices.
May 17th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a novel concept that enables colorants which are based on non-toxic materials, which further do not bleach in the sunlight and which do not lose their appearance under high processing temperatures (as needed for glazes of ceramics).
May 17th, 2018
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New approach improves practicality of high-sensitivity sensors for cancer, other diseases.
May 17th, 2018
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A research team reports the ability to stabilize different metallic nanostructures by encapsulating them in porous monocrystalline materials.
May 17th, 2018
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Pure quartz glass is highly transparent and resistant to thermal, physical, and chemical impacts. These are optimum prerequisites for use in optics, data technology or medical engineering. Materials engineers have developed a forming technology to structure quartz glass like a polymer.
May 17th, 2018
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Scientists have made a discovery that will impact the design of not only drug delivery systems, but also the development of newer applications in water filtration and energy production.
May 17th, 2018
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The detection of iron and calcium compounds in amyloid plaque cores.
May 17th, 2018
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A piezoelectric ceramic foam supported by a flexible polymer support provides a 10-fold increase in the ability to harvest mechanical and thermal energy over standard piezo composites.
May 17th, 2018
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