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Electrospun Nanofibrous Filters Could Protect Against Coronavirus Particles

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A new study has demonstrated that an innovative electrospun nanofibrous air filtration system may be invaluable for improving personal protective equipment and indoor air filtration systems. This could help to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The r...

Jan 11, 2021

Stanford’s Single-Dose Nanoparticle Vaccine for COVID-19

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Researchers at Stanford are working to develop a single-dose vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 that could potentially be stored at room temperature. Before the pandemic, the lab... The post Stanford’s Single-Dose Nanoparticle Vaccine for COVID-19 appeared f...

Jan 11, 2021

2D compound shows unique versatility

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A unique two-dimensional material shows distinct properties on each side, depending on polarization by an external electric field. The pairing of antimony and indium selenide could have applications in solar energy and quantum computing.

Jan 11, 2021

Cracking the code of a shapeshifting protein

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A shapeshifting immune system protein called XCL1 evolved from a single-shape ancestor hundreds of millions of years ago. Now, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) discovered the molecular basis for how this happened. In the proce...

Jan 11, 2021

Rice 'flashes' new 2D materials

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Rice University scientists extend their technique to produce graphene in a flash to tailor the properties of 2D dichalcogenides, quickly turning them into metastable metallics for electronic and optical applications.

Jan 11, 2021

Researchers develop new one-step process for creating self-assembled metamaterials

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A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has discovered a groundbreaking one-step process for creating materials with unique properties, called metamaterials.

Jan 11, 2021

Laser harmony

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Would you like to capture a chemical transformation inside a cell live? Or maybe revolutionize microchips' production by printing paths in a layer that has a thickness of just 100 nanometers? These and many other goals can now be achieved wit...

Jan 11, 2021

Material for future electronics: New method makes graphene nanoribbons easier to produce

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Russian researchers have proposed a new method for synthesizing high-quality graphene nanoribbons -- a material with potential for applications in flexible electronics, solar cells, LEDs, lasers, and more. Presented in The Journal of Physical Chem...

Jan 11, 2021

Electrically switchable qubit can tune between storage and fast calculation modes

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To perform calculations, quantum computers need qubits to act as elementary building blocks that process and store information. Now, physicists have produced a new type of qubit that can be switched from a stable idle mode to a fast calculation mo...

Jan 11, 2021

New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage

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Researchers have developed a battery anode based on a new nanostructured alloy that could revolutionize the way energy storage devices are designed and manufactured.

Jan 11, 2021

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