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Giving the hydrogen economy an acid test

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A team of researchers led by the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Tsukuba has demonstrated a method for producing acid-resistant catalysts by covering them with layers of graphene. They show that using few layers allows for greate...

Jan 14, 2021

Biodegradable inorganic upconversion nanocrystals developed for in vivo applications

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Lanthanide-doped inorganic upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) are attracting more attention, as they are potential fluorescent diagnostic and therapeutic agents for in vivo applications including biological imaging and disease theragnostics.

Jan 14, 2021

Acoustofluidic centrifuge for nanoparticle enrichment and assortment

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Liquid droplets have recently gained renewed attention as a simplified model for a variety of fascinating physical phenomena at the scale of the cell nucleus to stellar black holes. In a new report now published in Science Advances, Yuyang Gu and ...

Jan 14, 2021

Chemotherapy with light; only one injection required

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Chemotherapy with only one injection, repeated phototherapy, and no side effects. Development of a cancer-targeted single component supramolecular peptide phototherapeutic agent.

Jan 14, 2021

Quantum computers to study the functioning of the molecules of life

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A breakthrough that has implications for molecular biology, pharmacology and nanotechnologies. The fields of application are many. Identifying the mechanisms behind neurodegenerative processes in some proteins, for example, can help limit their pr...

Jan 14, 2021

New way to control electrical charge in 2D materials: Put a flake on it

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Gaining control of the flow of electrical current through atomically thin materials is important to potential future applications in photovoltaics or computing. Physicists in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis have disco...

Jan 14, 2021

Physical virology shows the dynamics of virus reproduction

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The reproductive cycle of viruses requires self-assembly, maturation of virus particles and, after infection, the release of genetic material into a host cell. New physics-based technologies allow scientists to study the dynamics of this cycle and...

Jan 14, 2021

Study the boundary between bulk, nano and molecule scale of gold plasmonic physics

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The collective behavior of electrons in metal plasmons reflects the important difference between condensed matter and molecule-like ones. With the help of gold clusters with precise atom numbers(N), the evolution of plasmonic response is clarified...

Jan 14, 2021

Giving the hydrogen economy an acid test

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Tsukuba University scientists show that the effectiveness of hydrogen-producing metal catalysts protected by graphene depends on the ability of protons to penetrate into the inner metallic surface. This work may lead to widely available hydrogen-p...

Jan 14, 2021

First Nanomaterial Developed That Demonstrates “Photon Avalanching” – Extreme Nonlinear Optical Behavior and Efficiency

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Researchers develop the first nanomaterial that demonstrates “photon avalanching;” finding could lead to new applications in sensing, imaging, and light detection. Researchers at Columbia Engineering... The post First Nanomaterial Developed That ...

Jan 13, 2021

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