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Liquid nanofoam could be a game changer for future football helmets

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A liquid nanofoam liner undergoing testing could prolong the safe use of football helmets.

Oct 28, 2020

Liquid nanofoam: A game changer for future football helmets

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A liquid nanofoam liner undergoing testing could prolong the safe use of football helmets, says a Michigan State University researcher.

Oct 28, 2020

Proteox5mK: Low electron temperatures for new materials characterization – Physics World

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Join the audience for a live webinar on 11 November 2020 sponsored by Oxford Instruments NanoScience The post Proteox5mK: Low electron temperatures for new materials characterization appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 28, 2020

Graphene oxide microbubbles are near-perfect microlenses – Physics World

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Tiny structures are made using ultrashort laser pulses The post Graphene oxide microbubbles are near-perfect microlenses appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 28, 2020

Ultra-small hollow alloy nanoparticles for synergistic hydrogen evolution catalysis

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Because hydrogen fuel has high energy density and does not pollute the environment, it has now shown the potential to replace fossil energy. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the most promising hydrogen production methods as a half-r...

Oct 28, 2020

Turning a coronavirus protein into a nanoparticle could be key for COVID-19 vaccine: Changing makeup of a specific protein has the potential to neutralize the virus

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One of the proteins on the virus -- located on the characteristic COVID spike -- has a component called the receptor-binding domain, or RBD, which is its 'Achilles heel.' That is, he said, antibodies against this part of the virus have t...

Oct 28, 2020

Magnetic nature of complex vortex-like structures

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Recently, observation of new topological magnetic structures represented by skyrmions is expected to provide new paths in constructing spintronic devices. In magnetic bubbles, although these are "ancient" cylinder domains, the type-I bub...

Oct 28, 2020

High-resolution lithography for nanoporous thin films

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Researchers at KU Leuven (Belgium) developed a high-resolution lithography process to pattern metal-organic framework (MOF) films. This work,

Oct 28, 2020

Turning a coronavirus protein into a nanoparticle could be key for COVID-19 vaccine

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Changing makeup of a specific protein has the potential to neutralize the virus.

Oct 28, 2020

Smart fluorescent molecular switches based on boron-based compounds

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A molecular switch is a molecule that can be reversibly shifted between two or more stable states in response to external stimuli, such as a change on pH, light or electric current. These molecules are of interest in the field of nanotechnology fo...

Oct 28, 2020

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