Scientists have found out that franckeite, a mineral belonging to the sulfosalts family, shows a natural crystal structure similar to the manmade van der Waals heterostructures.
Feb 15th, 2017
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Technique could provide unique views of single molecules that conventional methods can't match.
Feb 15th, 2017
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New iron oxide nanoparticles could help avoid a rare side effect caused by current contrast agents.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Researchers are taking rough, defective diamonds and using high temperatures to perfect them for quantum sensing.
Feb 14th, 2017
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By making use of a source of cellulose, such as newspapers, and sugar to synthesize carbon nanoparticles, researchers have developed a material that could be used as a sensor as its components respond to various stimuli.
Feb 14th, 2017
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A NASA technologist has teamed with the inventor of a new nanotechnology that could transform the way space scientists build spectrometers, the all-important device used by virtually all scientific disciplines to measure the properties of light emanating from astronomical objects, including Earth itself.
Feb 14th, 2017
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A new computational method may improve the control of nanomaterial fabrication.
Feb 14th, 2017
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A new nanofiber-on-microfiber matrix could help produce more and better quality stem cells for disease treatment and regenerative therapies.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Twisted photonic crystal fibres guide light by a mechanism similar to the bending of light rays by large celestial masses.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Inscribing porous, carbonized patterns into a polymer creates sensitive electrodes that detect biological molecules.
Feb 14th, 2017
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A new review article describes these systems and their main advantages in gene therapy, such as their capacity to protect the gene material against degradation, to facilitate cell and nucleus internalisation and to boost the transfection process.
Feb 14th, 2017
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New research shows that a scanning-tunneling microscope, used to study changes in the shape of a single molecule at the atomic scale, impacts the ability of that molecule to make these changes.
Feb 14th, 2017
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New research lays out a theoretical map to use ferroelectric material to process information using multivalued logic - a leap beyond the simple ones and zeroes that make up our current computing systems that could let us process information much more efficiently.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Researchers have developed a magnetic drug implant that could offer an alternative for patients struggling with numerous pills or intravenous injections.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Scientists have succeeded in almost fully suppressing the production of hydrogen peroxide by controlling the spin of electrons in the reaction.
Feb 13th, 2017
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A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors from biomedicine to geology.
Feb 13th, 2017
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