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Squashed carbon nanotubes make smooth nanoribbons – Physics World

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Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have many possible uses in electronics and optoelectronics, but a lack of efficient methods to prepare these ultra-narrow strips of carbon has so far limited their applications. Researchers in China and the US have now ...

Oct 7, 2021

Unprecedented View of a Single Catalyst Nanoparticle at Work Under Reaction Conditions

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A DESY-led research team has been using high-intensity X-rays to observe a single catalyst nanoparticle at work. The experiment has revealed for the first time how the chemical composition of the surface of an individual nanoparticle changes under...

Oct 7, 2021

Tiny bubbles show promise for reducing inflammation

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Scientists hope that tiny sacs of material excreted by cells - so-called extracellular vesicles - can be used to deliver drugs inside the body. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet now show that these nano-bubbles can transport protein drugs that ...

Oct 6, 2021

Scientists Infuse Bacteria With Silver Nanoparticles To Improve Power Efficiency in Fuel Cells

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A  UCLA-led team of engineers and chemists has taken a major step forward in the development of microbial fuel cells — a technology that utilizes... The post Scientists Infuse Bacteria With Silver Nanoparticles To Improve Power Efficiency in Fuel...

Oct 6, 2021

A new dawn in AI and quantum computing now looks tantalisingly close

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Hopes of developing artificial general intelligence and a truly useful quantum computer are looking less fanciful thanks to recent breakthroughs

Oct 6, 2021

A new dawn in AI and quantum computing now looks tantalisingly close

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Hopes of developing artificial general intelligence and a truly useful quantum computer are looking less fanciful thanks to recent breakthroughs

Oct 6, 2021

A new dawn in AI and quantum computing now looks tantalisingly close

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Hopes of developing artificial general intelligence and a truly useful quantum computer are looking less fanciful thanks to recent breakthroughs

Oct 6, 2021

Novel quantum effect discovered in naturally occurring graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Usually, the electrical resistance of a material depends very much on its physical dimensions and fundamental properties. Under special circumstances, however, this resistance can adopt a fixed value that is independent of the basic material prope...

Oct 6, 2021

Novel quantum effect discovered in naturally occurring graphene: International research team finds atomically-thin carbon generates its own magnetic field

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Under special circumstances, the electrical resistance of a material can adopt a fixed value that is independent from the basic material properties and 'quantized'. This 'quantization' normally occurs within strong magnetic fie...

Oct 6, 2021

Tiny bubbles can be future treatment for inflammation

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists hope that tiny sacs of material excreted by cells -- so-called extracellular vesicles -- can be used to deliver drugs inside the body. Researchers now show that these nano-bubbles can transport protein drugs that reduce inflammation cau...

Oct 6, 2021

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