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Through the nanoscale looking glass: Determining boson peak frequency in ultra-thin alumina

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

There's more to glass than meets the eye.

Jul 21, 2020

Superconduction: Cuprate-like behavior in a nickel-oxide film

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Superconductors transmit electric current without loss at any distance and play an important role in quantum computers and medical imaging. But the stars among the electrical conductors work exclusively at extremely low temperatures. Since the di...

Jul 21, 2020

Superconduction: Cuprate-like behavior in a nickel-oxide film

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Superconductors transmit electric current without loss at any distance and play an important role in quantum computers and medical imaging. But the stars among the electrical conductors work exclusively at extremely low temperatures. Since the di...

Jul 21, 2020

Mysterious mechanism of graphene oxide formation explained

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A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in early access in Carbon. Project lead Ayrat Dimiev has been working on this topic since 2012, when he was a part of Professor James Tour's group at Rice University. First results saw light in 20...

Jul 21, 2020

Mysterious mechanism of graphene oxide formation explained

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in early access in Carbon. Project lead Ayrat Dimiev has been working on this topic since 2012, when he was a part of Professor James Tour's group at Rice University. First results saw light in 20...

Jul 21, 2020

Better wastewater treatment? It's a wrap

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A shield of graphene helps particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and free-floating antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants.

Jul 21, 2020

Novel nanofoam catalyst boosts hydrogen evolution reaction

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Study opens up a new prospect of tailoring the catalytic performance of MoS2 toward large-scale HER applications through confining multi-elements in different atomic layers.

Jul 21, 2020

Through the nanoscale looking glass - determining boson peak frequency in ultra-thin alumina

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

'Mysterious' vibrational properties of nanoscale glasses have been studied by subjecting novel (and slightly explosive) particles of aluminium wrapped in a thin alumina skin to neutron spectroscopy measurement.

Jul 21, 2020

Silver-plated gold nanostars detect early cancer biomarkers

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have engineered a method for simultaneously detecting the presence of multiple specific microRNAs in RNA extracted from tissue samples without the need for labeling or target amplification. The technique cou...

Jul 21, 2020

Skin cancer treatments could be used to treat other forms of the disease

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The creation of a silica nanocapsule could allow treatments that use light to destroy cancerous or precancerous cells in the skin to also be used to treat other types of cancer. Such are the findings of a study by INRS (Institut national de la rec...

Jul 21, 2020

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