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Research found a new way to make functional materials based on polymers of metal clusters

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Researchers at the universities of Jyvaskyla and Xiamen discovered a novel way to make functional macroscopic crystalline materials out of nanometer-size 34-atom silver-gold intermetallic clusters. The cluster material has a highly anisotropic ele...

May 6, 2020

Programming with the light switch

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Freiburg researchers show how to control individual components of self-assembling molecular structures.

May 6, 2020

Gas nanomedicine: An emerging cutting-edge field

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Several therapeutic gases are quite helpful for treatment of many inflammation-related diseases including cancer, but also exhibit some shortcomings such as limited therapy efficacy. Gas nanomedicine appears as an emerging cutting edge of nanomate...

May 6, 2020

Real-time visualization of solid-phase ion migration

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Researchers from University of science and technology of China has shed new lights on the topic of solid-phase ion migration. Researchers demonstrated a unique in-situ strategy for visualizing the dynamic solid-phase ion migration between nanostru...

May 6, 2020

KIST develops large-scale stretchable and transparent electrodes

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A Korean research team has developed a large-scale stretchable and transparent electrode for the stretchable display. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that a research team has developed a technology to fabricate a lar...

May 6, 2020

Gene-disabling nanoparticles prevent obesity in mice

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Disabling a gene in specific mouse cells, researchers have prevented mice from becoming obese, even after the animals had been fed a high-fat diet.

May 5, 2020

Nanoparticles break down explosives in wastewater

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An activated carbon filter can purify your drinking water, but it's no match for wastewater that contains military-grade explosives. To clean wastewater from munitions processing and demilitarization, engineers are testing a novel technology ...

May 5, 2020

Researchers developing metallic polymers by exploiting topological order and π-conjugation

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Researchers at IMDEA Nanociencia, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universidad Complutense de Madrid have presented a new strategy to fabricate quasi-metallic 1-D polymers with atomic precision, in collaboration with The Czech Academy of Science...

May 5, 2020

Tiny technology cleans dirty water

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An activated carbon filter—found in many household filtration systems—can purify your drinking water, but it's no match for wastewater that contains military-grade explosives. To clean wastewater from munitions processing and demilitarization...

May 5, 2020

Hydrogen and nanomaterials may transform energy industry, according to Baker Institute

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Hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy carrier has the potential to fundamentally transform the global energy landscape — but

May 5, 2020

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