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Magnetically-Guided “Seeds” Blast Cancers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Brain cancer is notoriously hard to treat, and surgery can be highly invasive and dangerous. With that in mind, researchers have created a technique that uses a magnetically guided “thermoseed” to precisely target and kill cancer cells using heat...

Mar 23, 2022

Quenching by laser increases graphene quality

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Russian scientists have found out why, instead of simply burning down at high temperatures, graphene oxide opens the door to a promising and inexpensive graphene production method. The research was published in the journal Carbon.

Mar 23, 2022

Don’t underestimate undulating graphene

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A theory suggests putting graphene on an undulating surface stresses it enough to create a minute electromagnetic field. The phenomenon could be useful for creating 2D electron optics or valleytronics devices.

Mar 23, 2022

How Do Quantum Dots Help Diagnose, Treat Diseases? How These Allow Scientists, Doctors See Inside the Body

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum dots allow doctors and scientists to see specific cell types inside the body. Discover how these dots are made brighter to show the body’s deep tissues.

Mar 23, 2022

New Process to Boost Hybrid Potassium Ion Storage Devices

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The use of a nanoscale-confined process to create dual-doped spheres for energy storage was presented in a new study published in the journal ACS Nano. Study: Engineering Electronic Transfer...

Mar 23, 2022

Novel synergistic single-atom catalyst approach breaks activity limitation of predecessors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The key to chemical reactions is in the name—there needs to be something that causes the chemicals to react to one another. Called a catalyst, this component induces or speeds up reactions in a controlled manner to produce a desired outcome. The c...

Mar 23, 2022

Don't underestimate undulating graphene: Unique electronics made possible by wavy patterns that channel electrons

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Lay some graphene down on a wavy surface, and you'll get a guide to one possible future of two-dimensional electronics. 

Mar 23, 2022

Unprecedented glycan nanocompartments sustain plant vessel wall patterning and xylem robustness

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers led by Prof. Zhou Yihua from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently reported an identification of unprecedented xylan nanocompartments at the pit borders of xylem ve...

Mar 23, 2022

Nanoflakes Could Help Steer the Drive Towards Renewable Energy

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A study published in the journal Energy & Fuels explored the synthesis of metal-rich high-porosity nickel phosphide nanoflakes injected with Vanadium (VNi12P5) using a singular step solvothermal...

Mar 23, 2022

Quantum interference directed chiral Raman scattering in 2-D enantiomers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Raman scattering spectroscopy is a necessary and accurate method to characterize lattice structure and probe electron-photon and electron-phonon interactions. In the quantum realm, electrons at the ground states can be excited to intermediate ener...

Mar 23, 2022

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