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Researchers demonstrate Doppler effect and sonic boom in graphene devices

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A team of researchers from universities in Loughborough, Nottingham, Manchester, Lancaster and Kansas (US) has revealed that sonic boom and Doppler-shifted sound waves can be created in a graphene transistor.When a police car speeds past you with ...

Nov 9, 2021

World's Thinnest X-Ray Detector With High Sensitivity, Rapid Response Time Could Lead to Real-Time Imaging Someday

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have developed the thinnest X-ray detector in the world that is only 10 nanometers thick and uses tin mono-sulfide (SnS) nanosheets. Scientists said that this could lead to real-time imaging of cells someday.

Nov 9, 2021

Fluorescent Nanomaterials Given an Eco-Friendly ‘Glow Up’ in a New Study

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Fluorescent dots, small particles that can produce light, might have a swarm of promising biomedical employments, from helping clinical practitioners to better determine tumor margins to the delivery of drugs deep in the body.

Nov 9, 2021

GITAI’s Autonomous Robot Arm Finds Success on ISS

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Late last year, Japanese robotics startup GITAI sent their S1 robotic arm up to the International Space Station as part of a commercial airlock extension module to test out some useful space-based autonomy. Everything moves pretty slowly on the IS...

Nov 8, 2021

Silk modified to reflect sunlight keeps skin 12.5°C cooler than cotton

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Silk has been modified through the addition of nanoparticles to reflect 95 per cent of sunlight, which means the material stays extra cool on a hot day

Nov 8, 2021

Silk modified to reflect sunlight keeps skin 12.5°C cooler than cotton

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Silk has been modified through the addition of nanoparticles to reflect 95 per cent of sunlight, which means the material stays extra cool on a hot day

Nov 8, 2021

Silk modified to reflect sunlight keeps skin 12.5°C cooler than cotton

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Silk has been modified through the addition of nanoparticles to reflect 95 per cent of sunlight, which means the material stays extra cool on a hot day

Nov 8, 2021

Weak coupling shows flaw in strange metal model

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Planckian metals have the potential to power high-temperature superconductors, quantum computers and a host of other next-generation technologies. However, these "strange" metals—in which electrical resistance increases linearly with tem...

Nov 8, 2021

Thinnest X-ray detector ever created: Highly sensitive and with a rapid response time, the new X-ray detector is less than 10 nanometres thick and could one day lead to real-time imaging of cellular biology

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have created the world's thinnest X-ray detector using tin mono-sulfide (SnS) nanosheets. Highly sensitive and with a rapid response time, the new X-ray detector is less than 10 nanometers thick and could one day lead to real-time...

Nov 8, 2021

Chemists synthesise the smallest nano-sized particles to detect heavy metal ions in water

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at St Petersburg University, Sirius University of Science and Technology, and St Petersburg Academic University have synthesized the smallest nano-sized metal-organic frameworks to detect heavy metal ions in water. The results and outco...

Nov 8, 2021

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