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Innovate UK extends $4.2 million funding to seven concrete decarbonization projects

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Innovate UK has announced a £3.2 million (around USD$4.2 million) investment in seven projects to further advance the decarbonization of the domestic concrete industry. This funding forms part of the agency's broader effort to foster sustaina...

Oct 1, 2024

3D-printed setup enables fast and accurate virus detection

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new method for quickly and accurately detecting nanoparticles and viruses marks a major advancement in virus detection technology, merging confocal fluorescence microscopy with microfluidic laminar flow. Unlike traditional PCR methods, which are...

Sep 30, 2024

Scientists uncover light absorbing properties of achiral materials

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Researchers at the University of Ottawa have made a discovery that changes what we know about light and materials. They found that engineered achiral (symmetric) materials, called achiral plasmonic metasurfaces, can absorb light differently depend...

Sep 30, 2024

DNA nanotechnology unravels complex protein interactions to inform cancer diagnostics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers from NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), led by Associate Professor Shao Huilin and Associate Professor Brian Lim, has developed a first-of-its-kind technology to map out diverse protein in...

Sep 30, 2024

Researchers witness nanoscale water formation in real time

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

For the first time ever, researchers have witnessed—in real time and at the molecular-scale—hydrogen and oxygen atoms merge to form tiny, nano-sized bubbles of water.

Sep 30, 2024

Watch water form out of thin air

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Palladium, a rare metallic element, can rapidly generate water from hydrogen and oxygen. Researchers witnessed this process at the nanoscale for the first time with an electron microscope. By viewing the process with extreme precision, researchers...

Sep 30, 2024

Plastics are stronger and lighter thanks to carbon nanotubes derivatives

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Reducing the environmental impact caused by plastics can be addressed through different strategies, such as the manufacture of more durable plastics or recycling. In general, there are two main types of plastics. The first is thermoplastics, which...

Sep 30, 2024

Revolutionary technology to unravel complex protein interactions that could transform cancer diagnostics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers from NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), led by Associate Professor Shao Huilin and Associate Professor Brian Lim, has developed a first-of-its-kind technology to map out diverse protein in...

Sep 30, 2024

Plasma made copper MOF nanozymes detect bioactive food compounds efficiently

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanozymes have high catalytic activity, high stability and high adaptability, and have become a new sensitive material for building sensors in the field of detection. Designing and preparing efficient nanozymes and promotion of their application i...

Sep 30, 2024

Phase-change vanadium oxide-based thermochromic smart windows

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a recent review article published in Light: Science & Applications ("Phase-change VO2-based thermochromic smart windows"), Professor Dangyuan Lei and his team from the City University of Hong Kong have conducted an extensive e...

Sep 30, 2024

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