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Graphene and an intense laser open the door to the extreme

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A research team has developed a large-area suspended graphene and irradiated the thinnest graphene target with an ultra-intense laser to realize high-energy ion acceleration. Their findings will be applied to the development of compact, efficient ...

Feb 16, 2022

Nano-engineered sealer leads to more durable concrete

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A nanomaterials-engineered penetrating sealer is able to better protect concrete from moisture and salt -- the two most damaging factors in crumbling concrete infrastructure in northern states. The novel sealer showed a 75% improvement in repellin...

Feb 16, 2022

Constructing MXene Electrodes to Enhance Solar Technologies

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal ACS Nano that demonstrated the effectiveness of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides (MXenes) as electrodes in large-area...

Feb 16, 2022

Nano-engineered sealer leads to more durable concrete

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

A nanomaterials-engineered penetrating sealer developed by Washington State University researchers is able to better protect concrete from moisture and salt—the two most damaging factors in crumbling concrete infrastructure in northern states.

Feb 16, 2022

Enhancing Mind-Bending Simulations of Curved Space With Qubits

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

One of the mind-bending ideas that physicists and mathematicians have come up with is that space itself—not just objects in space—can be curved. When space curves (as happens dramatically near a black hole), sizes and directions defy normal intuit...

Feb 16, 2022

Reusable Sensor Deploys Nanopatch Antenna for Diagnosis

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A tiny, reusable sensing chip developed by University of Buffalo researchers could lead to new point-of-care medical tests. The sensor uses surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectroscopy, with technology that is based on nanostructures ...

Feb 16, 2022

Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour when her world abruptly went dark. For four years, Campbell had been using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave her a crude kind of bionic vision, partia...

Feb 15, 2022

Brain-Inspired Chips Good for More than AI, Study Says

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Brain-inspired “neuromorphic” microchips from IBM and Intel might be good for more than just artificial intelligence; they may also prove ideal for a class of computations useful in a broad range of applications including analysis of medical X-ray...

Feb 15, 2022

Researchers develop a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system based on corn to target cancer cells

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Nanomaterials have revolutionized the world of cancer therapy, and plant-derived nanoparticles have the added advantage of being cost-effective and easy to mass produce. Researchers from Tokyo University of Science have recently developed novel co...

Feb 15, 2022

Liquid electronics: Wrapping droplets in graphene for printed microchips and wearable sensors

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Physicists have coated droplets in atomically-thin graphene that can be used to wrap any liquid, in liquid tech advance.

Feb 15, 2022

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