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

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

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

Phys.org   -   Scientific News 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, 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

Researchers develop Si-based super-high frequency nanoelectromechanical resonator

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Recently, a group led by Prof. GUO Guoping from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with Prof. ZHANG Zhen's group from Uppsala University, Sweden, designed and fabricated CMOS-co...

Dec 15, 2020

New fullerene crystal production method 50 times faster than predecessor

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Yokohama National University and the University of Electro-Communications in Japan have developed a highly efficient technique for producing a unique fullerene crystal, called fullerene finned-micropillar (FFMP), that is of signif...

Dec 15, 2020

Catalytic activity of individual cobalt oxide nanoparticles determined

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Precious metal-free nanoparticles could serve as powerful catalysts in the future, for example for hydrogen production. To optimize them, researchers must be able to analyze the properties of individual particles. A new method for this has been su...

Dec 15, 2020

Immunity-boosting silica nanoparticles could replace pesticides

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Pesticides may indeed kill plant pathogens, but they're also harmful to the environment. Newly developed nanoparticles may provide a more eco-friendly alternative, as they boost the immune systems of crop plants, then harmlessly dissolve.Cont...

Dec 14, 2020

Nanoengineered cement shows promise for sealing leaky gas wells

ScienceDaily   -   General News 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 14, 2020

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