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Nanolubricant makes household fridges more efficient – Physics World

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Adding multi-walled carbon nanotubes to a common refrigerant reduced the power consumption of a domestic fridge by nearly 30% The post Nanolubricant makes household fridges more efficient appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 9, 2020

Researchers develop high-speed, low-power silicon-germanium chips for cloud computing

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Researchers at the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, in cooperation with CEA LETI and STMicroelectronics, have demonstrated a power-efficient and high-speed silicon-germanium avalanche photo receiver. The device is fully compatible wi...

Jul 9, 2020

Molecular Qualities Captured with Plasmons

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Specific properties of small amounts of molecules can now be isolated with the use of graphene-metal film structures, thanks to the work of scientists in Russia and Spain. Their work focuses on a plasmon, which is an electron oscillation that is...

Jul 9, 2020

Harvesting hydrogen from nanogardens

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Easily produced, nature-like nanostructures of cobalt phosphide are highly effective catalysts for the electrolysis of water, according to

Jul 9, 2020

A new nanoconjugate blocks acute myeloid leukemia tumor cells without harming healthy ones

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The nanoparticle targets only leukemic cells and therefore would reduce the severe adverse effects of current treatments. The receptor for this nanoparticle is expressed in 20 types of cancer and associated with a poor prognosis, so this drug coul...

Jul 9, 2020

'Magnetic nano knife' inhibits tumor growth under rotating magnetic field

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Researchers report their success of synthesizing urchin-like nickel nanoparticles by magneto-solvothermal method. Rotated by a magnetic field, the nanoparticles' mechanical force can destroy tumor cells and achieve the same effect as a scalpe...

Jul 9, 2020

Fluorescent Nanoparticles Could Help Advance Biomedical Applications

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The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP), which is made by a jellyfish, transformed cell biology. It allowed scientists to stitch the GFP sequence to proteins from other organisms to trace...

Jul 9, 2020

Science | AAAS

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To realize their dreams, developers must learn to tame the noise that jostles their machines’ delicate quantum bits

Jul 9, 2020

Looking at linkers helps to join the dots

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Understanding the optimal process for fabricating coupled nanocrystal solids could help researchers to improve optoelectronics devices.

Jul 9, 2020

A new nanoconjugate blocks acute myeloid leukemia tumor cells without harming healthy ones

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The nanoparticle targets only leukemic cells and therefore would reduce the severe adverse effects of current treatments. The receptor for this nanoparticle is expressed in 20 types of cancer and associated with a poor prognosis, so this drug coul...

Jul 9, 2020

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