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Nanoscale Control of Desalination Membranes Could Lead to Cheaper Water Filtration

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Producing clean water at a lower cost could be on the horizon after researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Penn State solved a complex problem that has baffled scientists for decades, until now.

Jan 2, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Controlling the nanoscale structure of membranes is key for clean water, researchers find

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A desalination membrane acts as a filter for salty water: push the water through the membrane, get clean water suitable for agriculture, energy production and even drinking. The process seems simple e...

Jan 2, 2021

Nanoparticle drug-delivery system developed to treat brain disorders

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

To facilitate successful delivery of therapeutic agents to the brain, a team of bioengineers and physicians created a nanoparticle platform, which can facilitate therapeutically effective delivery of encapsulated agents in mice with a physically b...

Jan 1, 2021

Nanoparticle drug-delivery system developed to treat brain disorders

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

To facilitate successful delivery of therapeutic agents to the brain, a team of bioengineers, physicians, and collaborators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital created a nanoparticle platform, which can facilit...

Jan 1, 2021

Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics

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Diamond is the hardest material in nature. It also has great potential as an excellent electronic material. A research team has demonstrated for the first time the large, uniform tensile elastic straining of microfabricated diamond arrays through ...

Dec 31, 2020

Controlling the nanoscale structure of membranes is key for clean water, researchers find

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A desalination membrane acts as a filter for salty water: push the water through the membrane, get clean water suitable for agriculture, energy production and even drinking. The process seems simple enough, but it contains complex intricacies that...

Dec 31, 2020

Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Diamond is the hardest material in nature. But out of many expectations, it also has great potential as an excellent electronic material. A joint research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has demonstrated for the first time the lar...

Dec 31, 2020

Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Diamond is the hardest material in nature. But out of many expectations, it also has great potential as an excellent electronic material. A joint research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has demonstrated for the first time the lar...

Dec 31, 2020

Controlling the nanoscale structure of membranes is key for clean water, researchers find

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A desalination membrane acts as a filter for salty water: push the water through the membrane, get clean water suitable for agriculture, energy production and even drinking. The process seems simple enough, but it contains complex intricacies that...

Dec 31, 2020

LG boosts backlighting precision with new QNED Mini LED TV

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

It wasn't all that long ago that TVs came in just one flavor – CRT, or cathode ray tubes. These bulky units were superseded by flat screen plasmas and LCDs, with LCD winning that particular battle despite plasma being capable of producing a s...

Dec 30, 2020

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