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Researchers develop wireless, ultra-thin and battery-free strain sensors that are 10 times more sensitive

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A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS), led by Assistant Professor Chen Po-Yen, has taken the first step towards improving the safety and precision of industrial robotic arms by developing a new range of nanomaterial strai...

Dec 15, 2020

A Color Atlas Created for Unique Varieties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanomaterials researchers in Finland, the United States and China have created a color atlas for 466 unique varieties of single-walled carbon nanotubes. The nanotube color atlas is detailed in a...

Dec 15, 2020

Silica Nanoparticles Could Act as Degradable Treatment Against Plant Pathogens

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists from the Adolphe Merkle Institute and the Department of Biology of the University of Fribourg have identified how some silica nanoparticles could serve as a degradable, traceless and...

Dec 15, 2020

Research on Semiconductors: Light Weakens Magic Nano Clusters

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They are known as "magic sized nano clusters" because they have special properties: The particles consist of only a few atoms, but since they are arranged in a special crystal structure, they are extremely stable. Unless you expose them...

Dec 15, 2020

Hunting out hidden hydrogen: novel holey nanosheets for detecting hydrogen gas leaks

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In recent years, hydrogen (H2) has emerged as the best option for clean energy in our pursuit of an alternative fuel for mitigating environmental problems such as global warming. Hailed as "batteries of the future," H2 fuel cells are to...

Dec 15, 2020

NASA’s ELaNa 20 Mission First to Fly on Virgin Orbit Launch

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en NASA-sponsored CubeSats are preparing to fly on the agency’s next Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission, making this the

Dec 15, 2020

Catalytic activity of individual cobalt oxide nanoparticles determined

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a method using a robotic arm that allows them to select individual particles under an electron microscope and place them on a nanoelectrode for electrochemical analysis.

Dec 15, 2020

Nanoengineered cement shows promise for sealing leaky gas wells

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Leaking natural gas wells are considered a potential source of methane emissions, and a new nanomaterial cement mixture could provide an effective, affordable solution for sealing these wells, according to a team of Penn State scientists.

Dec 15, 2020

Nanoengineered cement shows promise for sealing leaky gas wells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Leaking natural gas wells are considered a potential source of methane emissions, and a new nanomaterial cement mixture could provide an effective, affordable solution for sealing these wells.

Dec 15, 2020

Weak force has strong impact on nanosheets

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University scientists find the ubiquitous, "weak" van der Waals force is sufficient to indent rigid nanosheets, hinting at applications in nanoscale optics or catalytic systems.

Dec 15, 2020

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