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Biosensors using field-effect transistors show great promise

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers review scientific advances of electrolyte-gated carbon nanotube field-effect transistor biosensors, which are characterized by superior electronic properties and intrinsic signal amplification and are capable of detecting a wide range ...

Dec 21, 2021

Graphene Composites announces R&D partnership with ABBS for graphene-based armored vehicle protection technologies

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Graphene Composites (GC) has announced a research and development partnership with Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems (ABBS), a leading developer of active systems for protecting armored vehicles from mine and IED blasts.The partnership wi...

Dec 21, 2021

SPIE Selects Finalists for 12th Annual Startup Challenge

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

SPIE has named the 10 startups that will compete for a $10,000 top prize at the 12th annual SPIE Startup Challenge, taking place at Photonics West on Jan. 25. The finalists will be vetted for their business case, financial case, and competitive ad...

Dec 21, 2021

The 2021 Review of the Year

At the risk of sounding repetitious…2021 has been (another) extraordinary year globally, in society and here at the University. The pandemic has once again dominated the lives of our students and colleagues as we continually found ways to adapt to...

Dec 21, 2021

Creating invisibility with superconducting materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Invisibility devices may soon no longer be the stuff of science fiction. A new study published in the De Gruyter journal Nanophotonics by lead authors Huanyang Chen at Xiamen University, China, and Qiaoliang Bao, suggests the use of the material M...

Dec 21, 2021

Black Swan Graphene plans to go public at the TSX

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Black Swan Graphene aims to go public, expecting to trade at the Toronto Venture Exchange (TSX). the company will do so as a merger with capital pool company Dragonfly Capital Corp. As part of the deal, the company will raise $5 million CAD.Black ...

Dec 21, 2021

3D printing approaches atomic dimensions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In recent years 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has established itself as a promising new manufacturing process for a wide variety of components. Dr. Dmitry Momotenko, a chemist at the University of Oldenburg, has now succeeded ...

Dec 21, 2021

Effects of Additives on Nuclear Waste Vitrification Host Glass

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a recent study published in the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, a group of researchers explored the nanostructure of borosilicate glass as a substrate for high-level nuclear liquid waste under...

Dec 21, 2021

Modified Nanoclay is a Green Strategy to Oil Spill Clean Up

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A green and adaptive rinsing fluid was created in a new study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production by customizing nanoclay with a nonionic surfactant to rinse stranded oil on beach...

Dec 21, 2021

Magnetic Double Helices Produce Nanoscale Topological Textures in Magnetic Field

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A combination of advanced 3D printing and microscopy has enabled researchers to gain new insights into what happens while taking magnets to three dimensions on the nanoscale, which is 1000 times...

Dec 21, 2021

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