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Researchers Develop Smaller Photonic Topological Insulator

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Novel devices known as photonic topological electromagnetic circuits may one day support 5G wireless broadband networks and advanced radar systems, a new study finds. Topology is the branch of mathematics that explores what features of shapes may ...

May 16, 2022

Nanobiotics: New machine learning model predicts how nanoparticles interact with proteins

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

With antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise and a continually morphing pandemic virus, it's easy to see why researchers want to be able to design engineered nanoparticles that can shut down these infections.

May 16, 2022

Lights, Catalyst, Reaction! Converting CO2 to Formic Acid Using an Alumina-supported, Iron-based Compound

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Photoreduction of CO2 into transportable fuel like formic acid (HCOOH) is a great way of dealing with CO2's rising levels in the atmosphere. To aid in this mission, a research team from Tokyo Tech chose an easily available iron-based mineral ...

May 16, 2022

Tall, dense trees identified as effective weapon against traffic's toxic nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Toxic airborne nanoparticles from vehicles on our roads, which enter our bodies and lungs and damage human health, can more effectively be screened out by tall, dense trees than other "green infrastructure," finds a new study from the Un...

May 16, 2022

Seeing molecules inside a nanometer-sized 'sardine can': A clever new method for observing metal-organic frameworks and guest molecule interactions, using real-time polarized infrared spectroscopy

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have successfully developed a new technique allowing them to observe gas molecules packing into metal-organic frameworks (MOF) using infrared spectroscopy. Their innovation was to measure polarized light absorption of guest molecules i...

May 16, 2022

Perception-based nanosensor platform could advance detection of ovarian cancer

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Ovarian cancer kills 14,000 women in the United States every year. It's the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women, and it's so deadly, in part, because the disease is hard to catch in its early stages. Patients often don't...

May 16, 2022

Perception-based nanosensor platform could advance detection of ovarian cancer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Ovarian cancer kills 14,000 women in the United States every year. It's the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women, and it's so deadly, in part, because the disease is hard to catch in its early stages. Patients often don't...

May 16, 2022

Improved method to make branched polymers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Branched polymers, polymers that look like tiny tree branches, have significant potential for water filtration, the biomedical field, nanoelectronics, and other applications. Researchers have now come up with a better way for efficiently creating ...

May 16, 2022

Universal mechanism to explain formation of carbon nanoparticles in interstellar and terrestrial environments

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Carbon nanostructures that formed in circumstellar envelopes around carbon-rich stars may have a shared chemical origin with soot particles produced by fuel combustion. The same reaction mechanism may underpin each process, KAUST researchers have ...

May 16, 2022

Japan Develops Fluorine-Based Nanomembrane for Quick, Efficient Water Desalination

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Experts from Japan recently developed a nanomembrane model that could filter out salt from seawater faster and more efficiently than the traditional desalination devices we use today. Learn more how the scholars built the nanostructure and how it ...

May 16, 2022

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