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Improved 3-D nanoprinting technique to build nanoskyscrapers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanowalls, nanobridges, nano "jungle gyms": It could seem like the description of a Lilliputian village, but these are actual 3-D-printed components with potential applications in nanoelectronics, smart materials and biomedical devices. ...

Dec 19, 2019

Improved 3D nanoprinting technique to build nanoskyscrapers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Simply adding 'table salt' helps to build self-stacked nanoarchitectures.

Dec 19, 2019

Breakthrough innovation enabling cheaper solar energy production is one step closer to the market

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

While the need for renewable energy around the world is growing exponentially, Lithuanian and German researchers have come up with a novel solution for developing low-cost solar technology. Material, synthesised by Kaunas University of Technology ...

Dec 19, 2019

A discovery helps the development of a topological quantum computer and dark matter detector

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The MnBi2Te4 single crystal synthesised by the researchers can be used in developing superfast memory cells, spintronics devices, quantum computers, and even a dark matter detector.

Dec 19, 2019

Artificial 'inclusion bodies' created for controlled drug release

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new study by the UAB, the CIBER-BBN, and the Hospital de Sant Pau describes the development of a new biomaterial with sustained drug release. The results were recently published in Advanced Science and describe the creation of artificial inclusi...

Dec 19, 2019

Why are alloy metal nanoparticles better than monometallic ones for CNT growth?

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Revealing a long-term mystery of why certain nanoparticles are more efficient in incorporating carbon atoms and achieving a faster carbon nanotube growth.

Dec 19, 2019

Nanopores can identify the amino acids in proteins, the first step to sequencing

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

While DNA sequencing is a useful tool for determining what's going on in a cell or a person's body, it only tells part of the story. Protein sequencing could soon give researchers a wider window into a cell's workings. A new study d...

Dec 18, 2019

Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Bioengineers reveal dissolving microneedles that also embed fluorescent medical info.

Dec 18, 2019

Quantum Dots Encode Vaccine History in the Skin

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Invisible to the eye, the dots glow under infrared light from modified smartphones

Dec 18, 2019

Tiny graphene sheets can start or stop ice crystals growing in water

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene particles that seed ice formation in water only need to be 8 square nanometres to kick-start the freezing process – any smaller and they can stop ice forming

Dec 18, 2019

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