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Smallest Origami Birds of the World Are Actually Programmable Memory Actuators Nanosized Robots

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Cornell University created what's possibly the smallest self-folding origami bird in the world. According to these nanotech scientists, it's not a prank.

Mar 18, 2021

Nanomicelles Solely Made of Macromolecules Could Help Treat Pancreatic Tumor

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have proposed a new method for treating pancreatic tumor that involves using nanomicelles entirely made of macromolecules. Image Credit: sanjaya viraj bandara/shutterstock.com The...

Mar 18, 2021

It’s snowing plastic

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The snow may be melting, but it is leaving pollution behind in the form of micro-and nano-plastics according

Mar 18, 2021

Study of Acoustic Graphene Plasmons Heralds Improvements for Optoelectronics

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Researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), with domestic and international collaborators, demonstrated direct near-field optical imaging of acoustic graphene plasmon (AGP) fields, using a sensitive scattering-type...

Mar 18, 2021

Carboxylated Nanodiamonds Could be Applied for Future Cancer Treatment

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Recently, researchers from China analyzed and found that carboxylated nanodiamonds (cNDs) could support the adhesion of tumor cells to the underlying substrate, thereby restricting the motility of...

Mar 18, 2021

Research finds surprising electron interaction in 'magic-angle' graphene

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New research in the journal Science describes a technique that weakens the repulsive force between electrons in "magic-angle" graphene superconductors, providing physicists with exciting new details about this strange state of matter.

Mar 18, 2021

Researchers help keep pace with Moore's Law by exploring a new material class

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UVA Engineering and Northwestern scientists combine disciplines to tackle the heat problem inherent in bringing integrated circuits to a much smaller scale: Nanoscale thermal transport meets molecular engineering and a new material is created that...

Mar 18, 2021

Light it up: uOttawa researchers demonstrate practical metal nanostructures

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Researchers at the University of Ottawa have debunked the decade-old myth of metals being useless in photonics - the science and technology of light - with their findings, recently published in Nature Communications, expected to lead to many appli...

Mar 18, 2021

Teamwork makes light shine ever brighter

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Electrical current and laser light combine at a gold nanogap to prompt a dramatic burst of light. The phenomenon could be useful for nanophotonic switches in computer chips and for advanced photocatalysts.

Mar 18, 2021

Nanoparticles enable efficient delivery of antimicrobial peptides

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Nanoparticles Enable Efficient Delivery of Antimicrobial Peptides for the Treatment of Deep Infectionshttps://doi.org/10.15212/bioi-2021-0003Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this review article the authors Yingx...

Mar 18, 2021

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