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New platform generates hybrid light-matter excitations in highly charged graphene

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Columbia University researchers report that they have achieved plasmonically active graphene with record-high charge density without an external gate. They accomplished this by exploiting novel interlayer charge transfer with a two-dimensional ele...

Dec 2, 2020

SMART researchers develop plant nanobionic sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil

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Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have developed -- for the first time -- a novel type of plant nanobionic optical sensor that can, in real-time, detect and monitor arsenic levels in the belowground enviro...

Dec 2, 2020

Nanomedicine's giant step into the fight against the COVID-19

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A recent editorial in Nature Nanotechnology discusses the enormous feat of scientific innovation, with messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccines developed to deliver the gene sequence of specific SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins into host cells using nanotechn...

Dec 1, 2020

Scientists run a ‘speed test’ to boost the production of carbon nanotubes

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Skoltech researchers have investigated the procedure for catalyst delivery used in the most common method of carbon nanotube

Dec 1, 2020

Graphene: The building block for sustainable cities

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Innovation in advanced materials offers the disruptive potential to transform the way we build our future cities—and make them greener and smarter.

Dec 1, 2020

McMaster Engineering: Transforming Education and Fostering Research With Impact

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., Canada is aiming to build on its ranking as one of the world's top engineering schools by expanding its recruitment of both tenure-track and teaching track positions across...

Dec 1, 2020

A new nanoemulsion eye drop formulation of a small molecule RUNX1 inhibitor

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A team led by Mass Eye and Ear researchers has developed an eye drop to effectively deliver drugs

Dec 1, 2020

Virus-like probes could help make rapid COVID-19 testing more accurate, reliable

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Nanoengineers have developed new and improved probes, known as positive controls, that could make it easier to validate rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests for COVID-19 across the globe. The advance could help expand testing to low-resource, und...

Dec 1, 2020

Virus-like probes could help make rapid COVID-19 testing more accurate, reliable

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new and improved probes, known as positive controls, that could make it easier to validate rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests for COVID-19 across the globe.

Dec 1, 2020

Pumping a nanoparticle to lase at low power

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Lasers are used in a range of everyday devices, harnessing the power of light molecules, photons, - lined up to form highly concentrated beams of light—to perform now common tasks such as scanning barcodes and removing tattoos.

Dec 1, 2020

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