By combining expertise in nanophotonics and materials science, researchers have laid the groundwork for a chemical sensor on a chip that could be used in small portable devices to analyze samples in a lab, monitor air and water quality in the field and perhaps even detect explosives.
Aug 16th, 2016
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Natural microstructures in transparent wood are key to lighting & insulation advantages.
Aug 16th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a type of battery that, unlike conventional ones, consists entirely of solid chemical compounds and is non-flammable.
Aug 16th, 2016
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Researchers demonstrate hexagonal boron nitride semiconductors as a cost-effective alternative for inspecting overseas cargo containers.
Aug 16th, 2016
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Researchers managed to reverse the electronic characteristics of a polymer known to disperse semiconducting nanotubes - while leaving the rest of the polymer's structure intact. By so doing, they have reversed the process, leaving the semiconducting nanotubes behind while making it possible to disperse the metallic nanotubes.
Aug 16th, 2016
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Advances in our understanding of the profound connections between atomic-scale processes and biological molecules serve to deepen, if not transform, the way we regard ecological processes - and, by implication, living things, no matter how invisible.
Aug 16th, 2016
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Researchers unveiled a major breakthrough in nanotechnology processing that reduces the time, and increases the amount of product that can be manufactured on an industrial scale.
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Discovery opens door for staining-free, super-resolution imaging.
Aug 16th, 2016
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Using a unique single-molecule force measurement tool, a research team has developed a clearer understanding of how platelets sense the mechanical forces they encounter during bleeding to initiate the cascading process that leads to blood clotting.
Aug 15th, 2016
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Plopped into water, a tiny device triggers the formation of chemicals that kill microbes in minutes.
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Scientists test graphene ribbons' abilities to integrate with biological systems.
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Researchers have developed new nanorobotic agents capable of navigating through the bloodstream to administer a drug with precision by specifically targeting the active cancerous cells of tumours.
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Scientists have proposed a graphene-based sensor that can 'sniff out' a single molecule of explosives.
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Researchers have discovered a new type of Weyl semimetal, a material that opens the way for further study of Weyl fermions, a type of massless elementary particle hypothesized by high-energy particle theory and potentially useful for creating high-speed electronic circuits and quantum computers.
Aug 15th, 2016
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Scientists found that the interactions between particles trapped in light distributed along an optical microfiber, as well as the speed of particle movement were different based on the light's characteristics.
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New platform uses lab-on-a-chip technology to predict how hazardous engineered nanomaterials might be.
Aug 15th, 2016
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