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Sensing contaminants inside water pipes

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Researchers create a flexible, in-pipe sensor sheet for the continuous monitoring of liquid quality. By measuring the voltage induced inside a carbon nanotube layer, the concentration of various analytes can be determined. This work can lead to si...

May 23, 2022

Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals

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Study shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties.

May 23, 2022

Elucidating the electronic properties of single-wall carbon nanohorns

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Single-walled carbon nanohorns are an allotrope of carbon with promising properties for a variety of applications. Despite their promise, the majority carrier type (i.e., electrons or holes) that defines the electronic properties of this novel sem...

May 23, 2022

"Flexible patch fits inside a pipe to detect real-time changes in water temperature, contaminants"

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Scientists from the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN) at Osaka University, in collaboration with Chuo University, Eindhoven University of Technology, and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, have...

May 23, 2022

High-performance heaters based on nanoscale-thick graphite films

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Combining multiple carbon nanomaterials in a single substance can yield surprising properties. KAUST researchers have created thin graphite films that could act as high-performance flexible heater panels, reaching several hundred degrees within se...

May 23, 2022

Generating high-resolution self-packaged liquid metal nanopatterns

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In a new report now published in Matter, Licong An, and a team of scientists in materials engineering, industrial engineering, and the nanotechnology center at Purdue University, U.S., and Wuhan University, China, described an advanced laser litho...

May 23, 2022

"Scientists Successfully Create the Next-Generation Wonder Material Called 'Graphyne' for Better Electronics, Optics"

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Researchers have successfully created the next-gen material called "graphene" with similar properties to graphene, but only somewhat better. Read on to learn how it fills the longstanding gap in carbon material science.

May 23, 2022

AMD's Ryzen 7000 desktop chips are coming this fall with 5nm Zen 4 cores

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AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 chips will mark another major milestone for the company: they'll be the first desktop processors running 5 nanometer cores. During her Computex keynote presentation today, AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed that Ryzen 70...

May 23, 2022

MIT Scientists Unveil a Secret of Stronger Metals

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New research shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties.

May 22, 2022

Tiny Microdrones Propelled by Light-Driven Nanomotors

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A hand-held laser pointer produces no noticeable recoil forces when it is “fired” — even though it emits a directed stream of light particles. The reason for this is simply because of its relatively enormous mass compared to the very tiny recoil i...

May 22, 2022

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