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Thin layer protects battery, allows cold charging

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In the search for a reliable, quick-charging, cold-weather battery for automobiles, a self-assembling, thin layer of electrochemically active molecules may be the solution, according to a team or researchers.

Aug 26, 2020

Self-assembling layer prevents lithium metal batteries from failing

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Functional batteries that incorporate lithium metal into the anode could herald a huge breakthrough in energy research, with the material promising incredibly high energy density compared to the copper and graphite used today. Scientists at Pennsy...

Aug 26, 2020

Nanoparticles of the future

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed the world's first afterglow-magnetic nanoparticles. The patented invention is designed for various applications including cancer detection in medicine and the detection of fine particulates in living organisms.

Aug 26, 2020

New technology extracts potential to identify quality graphene cheaper and faster

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have created a machine-learning algorithm that can characterise graphene properties and quality within 14 minutes.

Aug 26, 2020

Nanodots made of photovoltaic material support waveguide modes

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

New spectroscopic technique for studying nanostructures demonstrates that stibnite nanodots can act as high-optical-quality waveguides and are promising candidates as photoswitchable materials for future applications

Aug 26, 2020

New tech extracts potential to identify quality graphene cheaper and faster

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Engineers at Australia's Monash University have developed world-first technology that can help industry identify and export high quality graphene cheaper, faster and more accurately than current methods.

Aug 26, 2020

Hip fracture risk linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

New research has highlighted a preventative treatment gap in patients prone to bone fractures who are otherwise healthy.

Aug 26, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - News Story: Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

California company NDB says its nano-diamond batteries will absolutely upend the energy equation, acting like tiny nuclear generators. They will blow any energy density comparison out of the water, la...

Aug 25, 2020

Researchers on a path to build powerful and practical quantum computer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

For the first time, researchers have designed a fully connected 32-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer register operating at cryogenic temperatures. The new system represents an important step toward developing practical quantum computers.

Aug 25, 2020

Enzyme prisons: Cell signaling with just one molecule

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team at the Max Dellbruck Center has answered a question that has puzzled scientists for some 40 years. In the journal Cell, the group explains how cells are able to switch on completely different signaling pathways using only one signaling mole...

Aug 25, 2020

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