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Quantum dots help preserve historic limestone monuments – Physics World

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Stonework reinforcement can be monitored using fluorescence The post Quantum dots help preserve historic limestone monuments appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 4, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Flexible material shows potential for use in fabrics to heat, cool

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A film made of tiny carbon nanotubes (CNT) may be a key material in developing clothing that can heat or cool the wearer on demand. A new North Carolina State University study finds that the CNT film...

Jul 4, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A path to new nanofluidic devices applying spintronics technology: Substantial increase in the energy conversion efficiency of hydrodynamic power generation via spin currents

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Researchers in the ERATO Saitoh Spin Quantum Rectification Project in the JST Strategic Basic Research Programs have elucidated the mechanism of the hydrodynamic power generation using spin currents(1...

Jul 4, 2020

Toxic metallic air pollution nanoparticles found inside myocardial mitochondria of city dwellers

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Toxic metallic air pollution nanoparticles are getting inside the crucial, energy-producing structures within the hearts of people living in polluted cities, causing cardiac stress - a new study confirms.

Jul 3, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury: Nanomaterials soak up radicals, could aid treatment of COVID-19

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Artificial enzymes made of treated charcoal could have the power to curtail damaging levels of superoxides, radical oxygen ions that are toxic at high concentrations.

Jul 3, 2020

Researchers propose novel method for plasmonic structural color generation

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A research group led by Prof. Cao Hongtao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has developed a novel direct growth method of vertically orientated nanocavity arrays to ge...

Jul 3, 2020

Researchers propose novel method for plasmonic structural color generation

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Researchers have developed a novel direct growth method of vertically orientated nanocavity arrays to generate plasmonic structural colors, which feature wide gamut, improved color saturation, excellent stability in ambient condition and mass-prod...

Jul 3, 2020

Enhancing the performance of perovskite solar cells with 'graphene armor'

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Researchers have come up with a novel electrode that could greatly improve the stability of perovskite solar cells, the most promising candidate for the next generation solar cells due to their low cost and high power conversion efficiency.

Jul 3, 2020

Wiring a new path to scalable quantum computing

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Last year, Google produced a 53-qubit quantum computer that could perform a specific calculation significantly faster than the world's fastest supercomputer. Like most of today's largest quantum computers, this system boasts tens of qubi...

Jul 3, 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 research performed by chemist Ning Yan and his team at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff I...

Jul 3, 2020

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