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Parylene photonics enable future optical biointerfaces

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Carnegie Mellon University's Maysam Chamanzar and his team have invented an optical platform that will likely become the new standard in optical biointerfaces. He's labeled this new field of optical technology 'Parylene photonics,&#...

Sep 22, 2020

NIST scientists get soft on 3D printing

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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in a new paper, it has the potential to create complex structures with nanometer-scale pre...

Sep 22, 2020

A fresh sense of possibility

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A multisensory graphene-based skin can sense in extreme environments where other sensors cannot be used.

Sep 22, 2020

Nanoparticle SARS-CoV-2 model may speed drug discovery for COVID-19

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Scientists have developed a new tool that mimics how the virus that causes COVID-19 infects a cell, potentially speeding the search for treatments against the disease. The tool is a fluorescent nanoparticle probe that uses the spike protein on the...

Sep 21, 2020

NASA IRIS Reports the First Ever Clear Images of Nanojets on the Sun

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NASA’s IRIS Spots Nanojets: Shining Light On Heating the Solar Corona In a paper published today (September 21, 2020) in Nature Astronomy, researchers report the... The post NASA IRIS Reports the First Ever Clear Images of Nanojets on the Sun app...

Sep 21, 2020

Colloidal dispersions of nanosheets for catalysis

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Researchers from the ICN2 Nanostructured Functional Materials Group, in collaboration with other institutions, have used a liquid phase exfoliation process to obtain nanosheets with enhanced electrocatalytical properties. The work is published in ...

Sep 21, 2020

Quantum dot photovoltaics make a lasting impression

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A process developed at KAUST for depositing extremely thin and smooth films can make it easier to manufacture stable solar cells based on quantum dot technology.

Sep 21, 2020

NASA's IRIS spots nanojets: Shining light on heating the solar corona

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Researchers report the first ever clear images of nanojets -- bright thin lights that travel perpendicular to the magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere, called the corona -- in a process that reveals the existence of one of the potential cor...

Sep 21, 2020

NASA's IRIS spots nanojets: Shining light on heating the solar corona

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In a paper published today in Nature Astronomy, researchers report the first ever clear images of nanojets—bright thin lights that travel perpendicular to the magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere, called the corona—in a process that reveals...

Sep 21, 2020

New nanocomposite material revs up pursuit of advanced electric vehicles

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Researchers used new techniques to create a composite that increases the electrical current capacity of copper wires, providing a new material that can be scaled for use in ultra-efficient, power-dense electric vehicle traction motors.

Sep 21, 2020

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