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Nano-engineered sponge could soak up oil spills in cold Arctic waters

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

A sponge coated with a paraffin-like material can suck up 99 per cent of oil from water at 5°C, offering a solution to crude oil spills in Arctic environments

Mar 10, 2021

Nano-engineered sponge could soak up oil spills in cold Arctic waters

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

A sponge coated with a paraffin-like material can suck up 99 per cent of oil from water at 5°C, offering a solution to crude oil spills in Arctic environments

Mar 10, 2021

Nano-engineered sponge could soak up oil spills in cold Arctic waters

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

A sponge coated with a paraffin-like material can suck up 99 per cent of oil from water at 5°C, offering a solution to crude oil spills in Arctic environments

Mar 10, 2021

Physicists have measured gravity on the smallest scale ever

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

The smallest-scale measurements of gravity ever made show that a tiny gold ball weighing 90 milligrams can move another gold ball just a few nanometres through gravitational pull

Mar 10, 2021

Physicists have measured gravity on the smallest scale ever

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

The smallest-scale measurements of gravity ever made show that a tiny gold ball weighing 90 milligrams can move another gold ball just a few nanometres through gravitational pull

Mar 10, 2021

Scientists develop new magnetic nanomaterial for counterfeit money prevention

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team led by NUST MISIS has developed a new iron-cobalt-nickel nanocomposite with tunable magnetic properties. The nanocomposite could be used to protect money and securities from counterfeiting. The study was published in...

Mar 10, 2021

Graphene nanoparticles and their influence on neurons

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Effective, specific, with a reversible and non-harmful action: the identikit of the perfect biomaterial seems to correspond to graphene flakes, the subject of a new study carried out by SISSA—International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste, C...

Mar 10, 2021

Scientists develop new magnetic nanomaterial for counterfeit money prevention

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international research team has developed a new iron-cobalt-nickel nanocomposite with tunable magnetic properties. The nanocomposite could be used to protect money and securities from counterfeiting.

Mar 10, 2021

Graphene nanoparticles and their influence on neurons

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research shows that the nanomaterial acts on the excitatory synapses, interfering with the development of anxiety related behaviours in vertebrates.

Mar 10, 2021

'Lost' ocean nanoplastic might be getting trapped on coasts

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

As plastic debris weathers in aquatic environments, it can shed tiny nanoplastics. Although scientists have a good understanding of how these particles form, they still don't have a good grasp of where all the fragments end up. Now, researche...

Mar 10, 2021

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