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White graphene: high defect tolerance and elasticity unveiled by nanomechanics experts

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

After revealing the realistic strength and stretchability of graphene, researchers have carried forward the success by unveiling the high defect tolerance and elasticity of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), another 2D material known as 'white g...

Sep 24, 2020

New brain cell-like nanodevices work together to identify mutations in viruses

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

These systems could potentially overcome computational hurdles faced by current digital technologies.

Sep 24, 2020

Extreme Solar Sails Will Slingshot Around the Sun to 0.1% of Lightspeed | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Solar sails made out of extreme metamaterials, nanostructured and with some ceramics will be able to withstand over 1000 degrees celsius. They will reach slingshot within 2-5 solar radii of the sun, which is 2 to 4 times closer than the Parker sol...

Sep 24, 2020

Nanocrystals make volcanoes explode

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Tiny crystals, ten thousand times thinner than a human hair, can cause explosive volcanic eruptions. This surprising connection has recently been discovered by a German-British research team led by Dr. Danilo Di Genova from the Bavarian Research I...

Sep 24, 2020

Bridging the gap between the magnetic and electronic properties of topological insulators

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology shed light on the relationship between the magnetic properties of topological insulators and their electronic band structure. Their experimental results shed new insights into recent debates regarding th...

Sep 24, 2020

Quantum simulators could help create tomorrow's pharmaceuticals

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Trial and error define today's approach to developing new pharmaceutical drugs. But with their enormous computing power, quantum computers are expected to solve important and complex problems in medicine, biology and chemistry, while speeding...

Sep 23, 2020

Method to create colloidal diamonds developed: The long-awaited photonic technique could change the way optical technologies are developed and used over the next decade

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The colloidal diamond could make light waves as useful as electrons in computing, and hold promise for a host of other applications. Researchers have devised a new process for the reliable self-assembly of colloids in a diamond formation that coul...

Sep 23, 2020

Researchers develop method to create colloidal diamonds

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The colloidal diamond has been a dream of researchers since the 1990s. These structures—stable, self-assembled formations of miniscule materials—have the potential to make light waves as useful as electrons in computing, and hold promise for a hos...

Sep 23, 2020

Tiny Triboelectric Nanogenerator Can Harvest Energy From the Breeze You Make When You Walk

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Most of the wind available on land is too gentle to push commercial wind turbine blades, but now researchers in China have designed a kind... The post Tiny Triboelectric Nanogenerator Can Harvest Energy From the Breeze You Make When You Walk appe...

Sep 23, 2020

Scientists shine light on tiny crystals behind unexpected violent eruptions

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In a new study of volcanic processes, scientists have demonstrated the role nanolites play in the creation of violent eruptions at otherwise 'calm' and predictable volcanoes. The study describes how nano-sized crystals (nanolites), 10,00...

Sep 23, 2020

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