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Tiny plastic particles in the environment

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Giant vortices of floating plastic trash in the world's oceans with sometimes devastating consequences for their inhabitants - the sobering legacy of our modern lifestyle. Weathering and degradation processes produce countless tiny particles ...

May 4, 2021

Nanoplastics and other harmful pollutants found in disposable face masks -- Regulation and research urgently needed, say experts

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water. The research reveals high levels of pollutants, including lead, antimony, and copper, with...

May 4, 2021

Flexible, easy-to-scale nanoribbons move graphene toward use in tech applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

From radio to television to the internet, telecommunications transmissions are simply information carried on light waves and converted to electrical signals.

May 3, 2021

Intranasal influenza vaccine enhances immune response and offers broad protection

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

An influenza vaccine that is made of nanoparticles and administered through the nose enhances the body's immune response to influenza virus infection and offers broad protection against different viral strains, according to new research.

May 3, 2021

Flexible, easy-to-scale nanoribbons move graphene toward use in tech applications

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Silicon-based fiber optics are currently the best structures for high-speed, long distance transmissions, but graphene -- an all-carbon, ultra-thin and adaptable material -- could improve performance even more.

May 3, 2021

Nanoscale nutrients can protect plants from fungal diseases

Science News   -   Scientific News Websites

Applied to the shoots, nutrients served in tiny metallic packages are absorbed more efficiently, strengthening plants’ defenses against fungal attack.

May 3, 2021

Beyond Qubits: Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer Demonstrated

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Team led by Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley scientists builds a new type of quantum processor capable of information scrambling like that theorized within black holes.... The post Beyond Qubits: Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer Demons...

May 3, 2021

A new way to make AR/VR glasses

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have imprinted freeform optics with a nanophotonic optical element called a metasurface to create AR/VR glasses that are not only compact and easy to wear, but deliver high quality optics without looking like 'bug eyes.'

May 3, 2021

Novel Ultrasonic Imaging System Produces Microscopic and Nanoscopic Resolution Images

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D.

May 3, 2021

New Method Facilitates Accurate Analysis of Magnetic Field Effects Inside Gold Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers in the Nanoscience Center of University of Jyvaskyla, in Finland and in the Guadalajara University in Mexico developed a method that allows for simulation and visualization of...

May 3, 2021

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