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'Bite' defects revealed in bottom-up graphene nanoribbons

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Collaboration between two NCCR MARVEL labs has identified a new type of defect as the most common source of disorder in on-surface synthesized graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). The researchers identified the atomic structure of these "bite" d...

May 18, 2021

City of Hope and Griffith University develop direct-acting antiviral to treat COVID-19

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An international team of scientists have developed an experimental direct-acting antiviral therapy to treat COVID-19. Traditional antivirals reduce symptoms and help people recover earlier. This next-generation antiviral approach used gene-silenci...

May 18, 2021

Harvesting Light Like Nature Does: Synthesizing a New Class of Bio-Inspired, Light-Capturing Nanomaterials

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Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with collaborators from Washington State University, created a novel material capable of capturing light... The post Harvesting Light Like Nature Does: Synthes...

May 17, 2021

Smart bandage would use light to indicate infections

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

While it's important to check wounds for infections, removing the dressing in order to do so can be disruptive to the healing process. A new smart bandage could help, by "glowing" in a certain way if an infection is beginning.

May 17, 2021

Aluminum Ion Batteries Has Interesting Research | NextBigFuture.com

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Australian University is partnering to commercialize aluminium ion batteries which can charge up to 70 times faster, had a more efficient and longer life and were more sustainable than lithium-ion.

May 17, 2021

Mechanics of the infinitely small: NanoGear, towards a molecular gear

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Gears and mechanical transmissions are at home in the Emilia-Romagna region, the Motor Valley of northern Italy. A team of researchers from the University of Bologna and the Institute for Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity of the National Resea...

May 17, 2021

Adding 4 Years of Life to Higher Efficiency Solar Cells | NextBigFuture.com

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Australian photovoltaics researchers have made a ‘cool’ discovery: Singlet fission and tandem solar cells which increase efficiency and lower operating temperatures and keep devices running for longer.

May 17, 2021

Fast, affordable solution proposed for transparent displays and semiconductors

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The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) under the Ministry of Science and ICT developed a roll-based damage-free transfer technique that allows two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials to be transferred into wafer scale without damage. The...

May 17, 2021

A LiDAR device the size of a finger now available

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A nanophotonics-based LiDAR technology developed by a POSTECH research team was presented as an invited paper in Nature Nanotechnology, the leading academic journal in the field of nanoscience and nanoengineering.

May 17, 2021

World’s First Nanotechnology can Improve the Effectiveness of Cystic Fibrosis Antibiotic

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

World-first nanotechnology developed by the University of South Australia could change the lives of thousands of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF) as groundbreaking research shows it can improve the effectiveness of the CF antibiotic Tobramy...

May 17, 2021

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