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Researchers mimic nature for fast, colorful 3D printing

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Brilliantly colored chameleons, butterflies, opals - and now some 3D-printed materials -- reflect color by using nanoscale structures called photonic crystals. A new study demonstrates how a modified 3D-printing process provides a versatile approa...

Jun 10, 2020

Intracellular biopsy technique for fast microRNAs profiling in living cells

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are gaining more attention in studies of human diseases such as cancer, because changes in miRNA expression are frequently associated with abnormal cellular functions. To achieve fast and highly sensitive profiling of miRNAs, a ...

Jun 10, 2020

Researchers mimic nature for fast, colorful 3-D printing

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Brilliantly colored chameleons, butterflies, opals—and now some 3-D-printed materials—reflect color by using nanoscale structures called photonic crystals.

Jun 10, 2020

Quantum computing: A key ally for meeting business objectives

MIT Technology Review   -   Scientific News Websites

In the business world, the opportunities for applying quantum technology relate to optimization: solving difficult business problems, reconfiguring complex processes, and understanding correlations between seemingly disparate data sets. The main p...

Jun 10, 2020

A simple way of describing friction - by making it complicated

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have come up with an adjustment to the classical friction model that improves its ability to describe trends in how friction works for layered materials like graphene at the nanoscale.

Jun 10, 2020

Carbon Nanotube Transistor Advance Paves the Way for 3D Microprocessors

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Carbon Nanotube Transistors Make the Leap From Lab to Factory Floor Carbon nanotube transistors are a step closer to commercial reality, now that MIT researchers... The post Carbon Nanotube Transistor Advance Paves the Way for 3D Microprocessors ...

Jun 10, 2020

Aerosol-printed graphene unveiled as low cost, faster food toxin sensor

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a graphene-based electrochemical sensor capable of detecting histamines (allergens) and toxins in food much faster than standard laboratory tests.

Jun 10, 2020

New Tool Facilitates Simulations of Atom Dynamics of Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers at the Nanoscience Center and at the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have demonstrated that new distance-based machine learning...

Jun 10, 2020

New Hollow Nanomaterials Could Improve Lifetime, Stability of Batteries

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An unexpected property of nanometer-scale antimony crystals -- the spontaneous formation of hollow structures -- could help give the next generation of lithium ion batteries higher energy density...

Jun 10, 2020

Aerosol-printed graphene unveiled as low cost, faster food toxin sensor

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers in the USA have developed a graphene-based electrochemical sensor capable of detecting histamines (allergens) and toxins in food much faster than standard laboratory tests.

Jun 10, 2020

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