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Piezoelectric microelectromechanical system-based optical metasurfaces

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Optical metasurfaces can unprecedently regulate versatile wavefronts at the subwavelength scale. Most well-established optical metasurfaces are, however, static and feature well-defined optical responses that are determined by optical metasurface ...

Jul 5, 2021

High-Energy E-Beam Helps Create 3D Graphene Films

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At the Chinese Academy of Sciences' (CAS) Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Prof. Zhenyang Wang’s research group recently created macroscopic thick three-dimensional (3D)...

Jul 5, 2021

New Technique 'Upcycles' Waste Hop Stem into Cellulose Nanofibers

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Some three quarters of the biomass in hop plants used in beer-making ends up in landfills. But a group of Japanese researchers has developed a technique that 'upcycles' that waste hop into...

Jul 5, 2021

Stretching changes the electronic properties of graphene

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Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. The material is very flexible and has excellent electronic properties, making it attractive for numerous applications – electronic components in particular.

Jul 5, 2021

Scientists identify natural SARS-CoV-2 super immunity against 23 variants

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A team of international scientists has recently identified ultrapotent anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies from convalescent donors. The antibodies are capable of neutralizing a wide range of SARS-CoV-2 var...

Jul 5, 2021

Nanomaterials shape and form influences their ability to cross the blood brain barrier

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Nanomaterials found in consumer and health-care products can pass from the bloodstream to the brain side of a blood-brain barrier model with varying ease depending on their shape - creating potential neurological impacts that could be both positiv...

Jul 5, 2021

Black Holes, Quantum Entanglement and the No-Go Theorem

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New research shows that there are problems even quantum computers might never be able to solve

Jul 4, 2021

Getting children interested in science – Physics World

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Angela Saini and her son Aneurin review Nano: the Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small by Jess Wade, illustrated by Melissa Castrillon The post Getting children interested in science appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 3, 2021

NYU Abu Dhabi researchers use NMR spectroscopy to map the structure of specific nanobody

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For the first time in the UAE, researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have used nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to determine the structure of a specific nanobody, Nb23, potentially leading to a better understanding of how this small protein derived fr...

Jul 2, 2021

Study maps nanobody structure, leading to new ways to potentially fight diseases

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For the first time in the UAE, researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have used nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to determine the structure of a specific nanobody, Nb23, potentially leading to a better understanding of how this small protein derived fr...

Jul 2, 2021

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