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Striking gold: Catalysis research at the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By examining tiny particles of gold with powerful X-ray beams, scientists hope they can learn how to cut down on harmful carbon monoxide emissions from motor vehicles.

Dec 21, 2020

Researchers invent method to 'sketch' quantum devices with focused electrons

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Technique is 10,000 faster than previous methods, and can create active nanostructured gates directly below two-dimensional materials such as graphene.

Dec 21, 2020

Depth-dependent valence stratification in a lithium-rich layered cathode

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of scientists from the Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility at the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Light Source at SLAC and Brookhaven National Laboratory used synchr...

Dec 21, 2020

New nanomaterial a key step toward hydrogen as a stable and clean fuel source

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Researchers have designed and synthesized an effective material for speeding up one of the limiting steps in extracting hydrogen from alcohols. The material, a catalyst, is made from tiny clusters of nickel metal anchored on a 2D substrate.

Dec 21, 2020

Chip-Based Source Creates Entangled Photons 100x More Efficiently

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

In pursuit of a fast and efficient source of entangled photon pairs necessary for quantum computing and ultrafast communications, researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a chip-based source capable of producing entangled ph...

Dec 21, 2020

Drug-loaded nanoparticles dissolve only in cancer cells

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Killing cancer cells isn’t particularly hard – the tricky part is doing so without harming healthy cells. Researchers at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) have developed nanoparticles that selectively release drugs inside tumors, while ...

Dec 21, 2020

Science | AAAS

Science   -   Scientific News Websites

Life-threatening responses seen in at least eight people could be linked to polyethylene glycol, known to trigger reactions to some drugs

Dec 21, 2020

Goldilocks and the three quantum dots: This one's just right for peak solar panel performance

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Maximising the efficiency of renewable energy technology is dependent on creating nanoparticles with ideal dimensions and density, new simulations have shown. Scientists have developed a process for calculating the perfect size and density of quan...

Dec 21, 2020

Nanoplastics alter intestinal microbiome and threaten human health

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A review study led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the CREAF and the University of Aveiro concludes that nanoplastics change the composition and diversity of gut microbiome in vertebrates and invertebrates. The effects of a widespr...

Dec 21, 2020

Researchers identify a rare genetic bone disorder through massive sequencing methods

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Researchers of the Cell Biology and Physiology-LABRET group of the University of Malaga (UMA), together with the Networking Biomedical Research Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), have described a new genetic skele...

Dec 21, 2020

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