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Nanoparticles That Encourage Gas Storage Could Help Trap CO2

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Hydrate-based gas separation is used for sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2). However, the requirement for high-performing additives to combat its low gas storage capacity makes this method expensive and environmentally unfriendly.

Jul 25, 2022

Producing Stable Graphene-Based Nanolubricant Suspensions

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Graphene-based nanolubricants have attracted the attention of researchers because they possess excellent thermal conduction properties. Creating a stable suspension is a prerequisite to producing a unique nanolubricant.

Jul 25, 2022

Affordable Sources of Commercial Graphene for Energy Applications

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Graphene is a multifunctional carbon nanomaterial widely synthesized for its applications in composites, energy storage, and sensors.

Jul 25, 2022

Nanoparticle catalyst destroys 'forever chemicals' with sunlight

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Cchemical engineers have improved their design for a light-powered catalyst that rapidly breaks down PFOA, one of the world's most problematic 'forever chemical' pollutants.

Jul 25, 2022

Tetrahedrons assemble! Three-sided pyramids form 2D structures

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Chemists have discovered that pointy gold tetrahedrons self-assemble into 2D chiral superlattices. The structures could be useful metamaterials.

Jul 25, 2022

Novel platform allows five types of programmable optothermal manipulation of micro- and nanoparticles

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Researchers have developed an optothermal platform with five manipulation modes - printing, tweezing, rotating, rolling, and shooting - using a single Gaussian laser beam. Switching between the different modes is achieved by simply tuning the opti...

Jul 25, 2022

A magnetic catheter against strokes

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ETH spin-​off Nanoflex has developed a magnetically steerable catheter for quick and safe stroke treatment that no longer requires surgeons to be on site.

Jul 24, 2022

Tunneling Nanotubes Unlock the Mystery Behind COVID-19 Virus Crossing Over Into Brain After Entering Respiratory System

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Tunneling nanotubes may potentially solve the long-standing mystery behind SARS-CoV-2 that crosses through the brain. Read to know more about this.

Jul 24, 2022

China's 7 Nanometer Chip is a Basic, Simple and Small Chip | NextBigFuture.com

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China 7 nanometer bitcoin miner chip is low-volume production product that is a chip to learn to make true 7nm process according to TechInsitghts. The MinerVa Bitcoin mining chip is basic, simple and small measures only 4.6 x 4.2 mm, implying that...

Jul 23, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: How different cancer cells respond to drug-delivering nanoparticles: The findings of a large-scale screen could help researchers design nanoparticles that target specific types of cancer

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Using nanoparticles to deliver cancer drugs offers a way to hit tumors with large doses of drugs while avoiding the harmful side effects that often come with chemotherapy. However, so far, only a handful of nanoparticle-based cancer drugs have bee...

Jul 23, 2022

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