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New Fleet of Nanocars is Set for Next Grand Prix in 2021

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

According to the British Royal Automobile and the French Automobile clubs, the first car was created in 1770 by the Frenchman Joseph Cugnot. This "Fardier" (French name for a trolley used to...

Jun 17, 2020

Nanomaterial gives robots chameleon skin

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new film made of gold nanoparticles changes color in response to any type of movement. Its unprecedented qualities could allow robots to mimic chameleons and octopi—among other futuristic applications.

Jun 17, 2020

New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are the two main triggers for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation.

Jun 17, 2020

Nano-bio hybrid systems could deliver tumor therapy

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this mini-review article the authors Yuhao Chen, Meng Du, Jinsui Yu, Lang Rao, Xiaoyuan Chen, and Zhiyi Chen from The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, G...

Jun 17, 2020

A new platform to stretch 2D materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The electronic and optical properties of 2D materials can be controlled by mechanical deformations of their crystal structure. This route to tailor the properties of materials is called strain engineering and it is a rapidly evolving field of rese...

Jun 17, 2020

Nanomaterial gives robots chameleon skin

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new film made of gold nanoparticles changes color in response to any type of movement. Its unprecedented qualities could allow robots to mimic chameleons and octopi - among other futuristic applications.

Jun 17, 2020

Nanomaterial gives robots chameleon skin

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new film made of gold nanoparticles changes color in response to any type of movement. Its unprecedented qualities could allow robots to mimic chameleons and octopi -- among other futuristic applications.

Jun 17, 2020

How Toxoplasma parasites glide so swiftly (video)

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

If you're a cat owner, you might have heard of Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan that sometimes infects humans through contact with contaminated feces in litterboxes. Although harmless to most people, T. gondii can cause serious illness or death...

Jun 17, 2020

Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have presented a novel electrode material for advanced energy storage device that is directly charged with oxygen from the air. Professor Jeung Ku Kang's team synthesized and preserved the sub-nanometric particles of atomic cluste...

Jun 17, 2020

High performance sodium-ion capacitors based on Nb2O5 nanotubes@carbon cloth

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Nb2O5 nanotubes and nanowire-to-nanotube homojunctions were directly grown on carbon cloth (CC) from a simple hydrothermal process by adjusting the pH value and adding pyridine as growth regulator. The assembled Nb2O5@CC nanotubes//activated carbo...

Jun 17, 2020

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