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Mini tornadoes spin out dried cellulose nanofibers

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Researchers at the University of Maine and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are collaborating on a new way to dry non-aggregated cellulose nanofiber—a material that could replace plastics in a wide ra...

Jan 31, 2026

Mini tornadoes spin out dried cellulose nanofibers

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Researchers developed a vortex method to dry non-aggregated cellulose nanofibers from slurry, offering a more efficient, scalable alternative to freeze and spray drying.

Jan 31, 2026

Plaid Technologies ships graphene to Petro Flow ahead of initial U.S. well plugging field tests

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Plaid Technologies has announced the shipment of an initial quantity of its proprietary graphene material to Petro Flow LLC in advance of the first planned field tests of graphene-enhanced wellbore cement for plugging and abandonment (P&A)...

Jan 31, 2026

Liquid-repellent particle coating enables near-frictionless motion of pico- to nanoliter droplets

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The precise control of tiny droplets on surfaces is essential for advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and next‐generation lab‐on‐a‐chip diagnostics. However, once droplet volume reaches pico- and nanoliter scales, the droplets become extremel...

Jan 30, 2026

Nanosheet sensor detects ethanol at parts-per-billion levels using minimal power

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A new gas sensor using ruthenium dioxide nanosheets achieves ultra-sensitive ethanol detection down to 5 ppb, enabling real-time breath alcohol monitoring at under 30 milliwatts.

Jan 30, 2026

Researchers develop improved supercapacitors based on dual-functional porous graphene

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Researchers at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) in India have reported high-voltage supercapacitors based on a dual-functional porous graphene carbon nanocomposite (PGCN) electrode, which co...

Jan 30, 2026

Argo Graphene Solutions starts testing of graphene-infused asphalt mix

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Argo Graphene Solutions has announced the commencement of specialized design and testing for its proprietary graphene-infused asphalt mix at its research and development facility in Saskatchewan. Argo has secured a supply of graphene to be used fo...

Jan 30, 2026

Silica nanocomposite can generate biocides on demand

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A surface capable of responding to chemical signals generated by microorganisms and automatically producing biocidal substances—this is not a futuristic vision, but a description of how the B-STING silica nanocomposite works. The new material, dev...

Jan 29, 2026

Refractive-index microscope measures a sample's optical properties with pinpoint accuracy

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By combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the optical properties of a sample with pinpoint accuracy. The original goal was to investigate biological samples on a molecular scale—but this soon led t...

Jan 29, 2026

Freestanding 3D MXene structures push the limits of microscale devices

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In a breakthrough that could power next-generation electronics, sensors, and energy storage devices, CMU engineers have developed a fabrication technique that arranges MXene nanosheets, each a million times thinner than a sheet of paper, into comp...

Jan 29, 2026

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