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Plastic Film Protects Surfaces Against Novel Coronavirus on Contact – Eliminates 99.84% of SARS-CoV-2 Particles

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Laboratory tests showed film containing silver-silica nanoparticles to be capable of eliminating 99.84% of SARS-CoV-2 particles after exposure for two minutes.

Nov 9, 2020

Antiferromagnets are suitable for dissipationless nanoelectronics, contrary to current theories

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A physicist discovers the Hall effect in an antiferromagnet, which - according to current theories - is impossible.

Nov 9, 2020

Nanotechnology's role in the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine

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With over 200 COVID-19 vaccine trials currently underway globally, nanotechnology is being pivoted for COVID-19 applications. Nanoparticles and viruses operate on the same scale, and thus there are various nanotechnological aides which are being u...

Nov 9, 2020

Piezoelectric energy absorption in quantum interfaces

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Researchers have developed a theory of piezoelectrics with the goal to increase coherence times in quantum computers. In new work, they elucidate the mechanism of energy absorption taking place in quantum computers, and recommends optimal material...

Nov 9, 2020

Infection diagnostics 3.0: Faster thanks to nanopore sequencing

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To ensure that sepsis patients receive appropriate antibiotics as quickly as possible, researchers have developed a diagnostic procedure that uses high-throughput sequencing of blood samples and delivers results much faster than conventional cultu...

Nov 9, 2020

Coating plastics with porous MOF nanofilms

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A research team has developed a new method for creating metal-organic framework (MOF) thin films that can be applied to sensors and electric devices.

Nov 9, 2020

Hollow porphyrinic nanospheres

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Making such purely organic, atomically precise hollow molecular spheres or cages is synthetically challenging. Now, researchers have successfully developed a template-free, one-pot synthesis of a porphyrin-based gigantic organic cages composed of ...

Nov 9, 2020

A more resistant material against microorganisms is created to restore cultural heritage

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The study was performed by a research team at the University Research Institute into Fine Chemistry and Nanochemistry at the University of Cordoba and Seville's Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of the Spanish National Research C...

Nov 9, 2020

Water predictions: Telling when a nanolithography mold will break through droplets

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Ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography is powerful method of producing polymer nanostructures by pressing a curable resin onto a mold. However, there are no convenient methods to determine the lifetime of molds. Now, in a recent study in Japan, scien...

Nov 9, 2020

Oil-eating worms provide valuable assistance in soil remediation

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Bionanotechnology Lab of Kazan Federal University works on adapting nematodes to consuming oil waste.Co-author, Chief Research Associate Rawil Fakhrullin explains, 'We've improved existing methods of biological remediation of soils. Our ...

Nov 9, 2020

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