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Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity: Rice researchers find potentially useful electrical phenomenon in gold nanowires

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Researchers show how thermoelectricity hurdles some defects, but not others, in gold nanowires. The discovery has implications for making better thin-film electronic devices.

Sep 8, 2020

New nanosystem enhances treatment for melanoma in animal models: Novel approach doubles therapeutic effectiveness of medications

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Researchers have developed an innovative nanotechnological drug delivery system that significantly enhances the effectiveness of treatment for the aggressive skin cancer melanoma.

Sep 8, 2020

Peel-apart surfaces drive transistors to the ledge

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Semiconductor manufacturers are paying more attention to two-dimensional materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), following the discovery, at KAUST, of an epitaxial growth process of single-crystal TMDs nanoribbons.

Sep 8, 2020

Bio-based resin: A breakthrough in rapid prototyping

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Lithuanian researchers from Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius University synthesized and tested a bio-based resin for optical 3-D printing (O3DP). The bio-based resin made from renewable raw materials proved to be universal for both tabl...

Sep 8, 2020

Physicists achieve tunable spin wave excitation

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Physicists from MIPT and the Russian Quantum Center, joined by colleagues from Saratov State University and Michigan Technological University, have demonstrated new methods for controlling spin waves in nanostructured bismuth iron garnet films via...

Sep 8, 2020

Bio-based photo-resin promises a breakthrough in rapid 3D prototyping

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The bio-based resin made from renewable raw materials proved to be universal for both table-top 3D printers and state-of-the-art ultrafast laser, suitable for O3DP in the scales from nano- to macro- dimensions.

Sep 8, 2020

Paving the way for tunable graphene plasmonic THz amplifiers

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Researchers have successfully demonstrated a room-temperature coherent amplification of terahertz (THz) radiation in graphene, electrically driven by a dry cell battery.

Sep 8, 2020

Bio-based resin: A breakthrough in rapid prototyping

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Researchers synthesized and tested a bio-based resin for optical 3D printing (O3DP). The bio-based resin made from renewable raw materials proved to be universal for both table-top 3D printers and state-of-the-art ultrafast laser, suitable for O3D...

Sep 8, 2020

Brain's immune cells promising cellular target for therapeutics

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Inspired by the need for new and better therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, researchers are exploring the link between uncontrolled inflammation within the brain and the brain's immune cells, known as microglia, which are emerging as a ...

Sep 8, 2020

An environmentally friendly way to transform silicon into nanoparticles

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Scientists have developed a new method of silicon recycling. Converting silicon into silicon oxide nanoparticles answers to silicon waste recycling issues and providing a new source of nanoparticles for various uses in science and industry.

Sep 8, 2020

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