Research has shed new light on how an increasingly common consumer product component - silver nanoparticles - can potentially interfere with the treatment of wastewater.
May 15th, 2018
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Nanoscale imaging techniques reveal factors that could short out next-generation lithium batteries.
May 15th, 2018
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Researchers realize design breakthrough that will Improve data gathering from hard-to-monitor environments.
May 14th, 2018
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Researchers are developing stable and targeted nanocarrier formulations and alternative administration routes. One approach is the targeting of specific sugar receptors expressed on several cancer cells, the mannose and mannose-6-phosphate receptors.
May 14th, 2018
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New spectroscopic technique measures heat in itty-bitty volumes that could reveal insights for electronics and energy technology.
May 14th, 2018
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Scientists have discovered how a pinch of salt can be used to drastically improve the performance of batteries.
May 14th, 2018
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Researchers have devised a new strategy, depicted here, that allows them to precisely design and construct bulk, multi-component nanomaterials with more complexity beyond previously reported methods.
May 14th, 2018
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Researchers have used lasers to connect, arrange and merge artificial cells, paving the way for networks of artificial cells that act like tissues.
May 14th, 2018
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A new technique that uses tiny elastic balls filled with fluorescent nanoparticles aims to expand the understanding of the mechanical forces that exist between cells.
May 14th, 2018
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Scientists have discovered a unique growth mechanism to produce atomically thin semiconductor ribbons that can serve as a building block for high-performance nanoelectronic devices.
May 14th, 2018
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This new device can be used to explore heat transport on the micro- and nano-scales, and in optical microscopy and synchrotron radiation experiments.
May 14th, 2018
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Researchers have demonstrated that tuneable phase change materials can be used to tune the response of microscale infrared transmissive 'metasurface' filters which can be tuned across the broad band of frequencies in the mid-infrared spectrum.
May 11th, 2018
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Study reveals how tiny Madagascar spiders retain their color over decades.
May 11th, 2018
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A boost for graphene-based light detectors.
May 11th, 2018
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Researchers significantly improved the performance of an atomically thin semiconductor material by stretching it, an accomplishment that could prove beneficial to engineers designing the next generation of flexible electronics, nano devices, and optical sensors.
May 11th, 2018
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An international research team has proposed a new method for orienting liquid crystals. It could be used to increase the viewing angle of liquid-crystal displays.
May 11th, 2018
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