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Moire than meets the eye

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Researchers make carbon nanotube patterns called moires for materials research.

Mar 10, 2021

Study shows simple blood test could detect liver injury earlier

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University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Jie Zheng has spent much of his career investigating gold nanoparticles for their potential impact in the field of nanomedicine. In new research, published online Feb. 19 in the journal Science Advances, h...

Mar 10, 2021

Graphene nanoparticles and their influence on neurons

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Effective, specific, with a reversible and non-harmful action: the identikit of the perfect biomaterial seems to correspond to graphene flakes. This nanomaterial has demonstrated the ability to interact with the functions of the nervous system in ...

Mar 10, 2021

Scientists develop new magnetic nanomaterial for ?ounterfeit money prevention

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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

'Lost' ocean nanoplastic might be getting trapped on coasts

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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

Material from Russia will triple the capacity of lithium-ion batteries

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The scientists of the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (NUST MISIS) being a part of an international team of researches managed to increase the capacity and extend the service life of lithium-ion batteries. According...

Mar 10, 2021

Nano-mapping phase transitions in electronic materials

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Scientists at EPFL and the University of Geneva have combined two powerful, cutting-edge techniques to uncover the physics behind an exotic phase transition that turns a metal into an insulator. The materials they looked at are rare-earth nickelat...

Mar 10, 2021

Face masks are a ticking plastic bomb

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Every minute of the day we throw away 3 million face masks. Many end up as potentially toxic micro- and nanoplastic or carriers for other toxicants in the environment, researchers warn.

Mar 10, 2021

Adaptive microelectronics reshape independently and detect environment for first time

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Nanoscientists from Chemnitz and Dresden develop adaptive microelectronics that can move independently according to sensor data and align themselves specifically for activities - possible applications in biomedicine and bioneural interfacing.

Mar 10, 2021

Intelligent Holographic Nanostructures Can Reach 400 EXAFlops and Beyond Human Brain Neural Density | NextBigFuture.com

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An AI optical circuit has been made with a neural density equal to 1/400 of human brain. The circuit is trained to process information through unpowered all-optical inference at the speed of light with a computational power more than ten orders of...

Mar 9, 2021

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