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Eavesdropping on single molecules with light by replaying the chatter

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The structure of individual molecules and their properties, such as chirality, are difficult to monitor in real time. It turns out that temporarily bridging molecules together can provide a lens into their dynamics. Scientists now have exposed new...

May 6, 2020

Harvard’s Wyss Institute joins forces with Cytosurge to improve CRISPR-based multiplexed gene editing

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Today, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Cytosurge AG, a company manufacturing unique high-precision nanotechnology instruments, announced that they will collaboratively investigate CRISPR-based app...

May 6, 2020

Graphene sets sail in microgravity

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

ESA-backed researchers demonstrate the laser-propulsion of graphene sails in microgravity. The light sails use a scalable micro-membrane design that minimizes their mass and hence increases their thrust upon light irradiation. To demonstrate the n...

May 6, 2020

Mats made from nanofibers linked to a red wine chemical could help prevent oxidation

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Spoiling foods, souring wine and worsening wounds have a common culprit -- a process called oxidation. Although the ill effects of these chemical reactions can be curtailed by antioxidants, creating a sturdy platform capable of providing prolonged...

May 6, 2020

Shedding new light on nanolasers using 2D semiconductors

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Cun-Zheng Ning, a professor of electrical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, and collaborators from Tsinghua University in China discovered a process of physics that enables low-power nanolasers to...

May 6, 2020

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

May 6, 2020

Gas nanomedicine: An emerging cutting-edge field

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

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