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Carbon-based nanomaterials show promising results against SARS-CoV-2 and 12 other viruses

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Professor Ángel Serrano, principal investigator at the Biomaterials and Bioengineering Laboratory of the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV), recently published an article in journal ACS Nano, from the American Chemical Society, which shows that...

Jun 10, 2021

Extremely Bright Quantum Emitter Self-Heals

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A new approach to synthesizing quantum dots has significantly increased their use value, according to members of an international research collaboration. The method, called spray-synthesis, was developed jointly by professor Hao-Wu Lin and associa...

Jun 10, 2021

Toshiba Demonstrates Breakthrough in Long-distance Quantum Communications

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Toshiba’s Cambridge Research Laboratory demonstrated quantum communications over optical fibers exceeding 600 km in length. The work leverages a technique called dual-band stabilization, and it marks a significant advance in quantum-encrypted comm...

Jun 10, 2021

New family of atomic-thin electride materials discovered

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An exploratory investigation into the behavior of materials with desirable electric properties resulted in the discovery of a structural phase of two-dimensional (2D) materials. The new family of materials are electrides, wherein electrons occupy ...

Jun 10, 2021

Researchers turned transparent calcite into artificial gold

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? Researchers from Tel Aviv University developed a new platform that can serve as a basis for innovative medications.? Applying processes of nanotechnology, the researchers were able to turn transparent calcite into artificial gold that can be use...

Jun 10, 2021

ACS Nano: CNIC scientists describe a possible disease-causing mechanism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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A team led by Dr. Jorge Alegre-Cebollada has shown, for the first time, an association between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and mechanical alterations to a component of the contractile machinery of the heart

Jun 10, 2021

Fuel cell vehicle progress at Grupo Antolin

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New nanofibres with excellent electrical conductivity, corrosion resistance and specific surface area....

Jun 10, 2021

New adaptable nanoparticle platform enables enhanced delivery of gene therapies

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Scientists have developed polypeptide-based materials that act as effective vectors for delivering gene therapies. The new platform enables the vectors to be adapted to suit the specific gene therapy cargo.

Jun 9, 2021

Dynamics of contact electrification

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A new report on Science Advances developed by Mirco Kaponig and colleagues in physics and nanointegration in Germany, detailed the very basic concept of contact electrification between two metals. In a new experimental method, the researchers foll...

Jun 9, 2021

Mixing solutions in the world's smallest test tubes

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Researchers based at the University of Manchester have demonstrated a new method for imaging live chemical reactions with atomic resolution using nanoscale test tubes created using two-dimensional (2D) materials.

Jun 9, 2021

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