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Keeping buildings cooler with a wood-based foam

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Summertime is almost here, a time when many people try to beat the heat. But running air conditioners constantly can be expensive and wasteful. Now, researchers have designed a lightweight foam made from wood-based cellulose nanocrystals that refl...

May 18, 2022

Graphene-wrapped zeolite membranes for fast hydrogen separation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The effects of global warming are becoming more serious, and there is a strong demand for technological advances to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Hydrogen is an ideal clean energy which produces water when burned. To promote the use of hydrogen...

May 18, 2022

Developing a better diagnostic nano-probe

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Biomarkers are components that may be present in biological samples and are related to specific diseases. Therefore, doctors can analyze biological samples from a patient to check their health condition or to monitor the progress of a specific the...

May 18, 2022

Feasibility of Lead-Free Perovskite Nanocrystals in Optoelectronic Applications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials that demonstrated the feasibility of using novel lead-free perovskite nanocrystals for optoelectronic...

May 18, 2022

Using Proteomics to Understand the Risk of Marine Nanotoxicology

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Marine organisms are continually exposed to various nanoparticles due to their high deposition into coastal marine environments. A new study has focussed on analyzing the independent and combinational...

May 18, 2022

Developing Sustainable Graphene-Based Materials Using Biowaste

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Regarding the synthesis of graphene, a study printed in the journal ACS Applied Electronic Materials presents the use of biowaste to develop graphene-based materials for electronic applications....

May 18, 2022

Egypt enters MOU with Energy 3 to produce graphene from waste

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Energy 3 to build a waste recycling station that produces biofuel and graphene.

May 18, 2022

New silicon nanowires can really take the heat

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. The device - an ultrathin silicon nanowire - could enable smalle...

May 18, 2022

Physicists shine new light on an old quantum optics problem about collective behavior

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When atoms interact with each other, they behave as a whole rather than individual entities. That can give rise to synchronized responses to inputs, a phenomenon that, if properly understood and controlled, may prove useful for developing light so...

May 18, 2022

Synthesis of two-dimensional holey graphyne

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Diamond and graphite are two naturally occurring carbon allotropes that we have known about for thousands of years. They are elemental carbons that are arranged in a manner so that they consist of sp3 and sp2 hybridized carbon atoms, respectively....

May 18, 2022

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