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'Nanocardboard' flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Engineers are suggesting a new way to explore the sky: tiny aircraft that weigh about as much as a fruit fly and have no moving parts. These flyers are plates of 'nanocardboard,' which levitate when bright light is shone on them. As one ...

Apr 22, 2020

Nanoengineers are using plant virus to develop COVID-19 vaccine

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Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego are working on a COVID-19 vaccine using an unconventional candidate: a plant virus.

Apr 22, 2020

Tiny sensors fit 30,000 to a penny, transmit data from living tissue

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Cornell University researchers who build nanoscale electronics have developed microsensors so tiny, they can fit 30,000 on one side of a penny. They are equipped with an integrated circuit, solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that enable ...

Apr 22, 2020

Spider combs tame unruly nanofibers (video)

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Cribellate spiders spin thousands of tiny nanofibers into sticky threads. To keep from getting caught in their own webs, these spiders use a nonstick comb on their back legs. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Nano Materials have patterned ...

Apr 22, 2020

Windows will soon generate electricity, following solar cell breakthrough

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Semi-transparent solar cells that can be incorporated into window glass are a 'game-changer' that could transform architecture, urban planning and electricity generation, Australian scientists say in a paper in Nano Energy.

Apr 22, 2020

Quantum research unifies two ideas offering an alternative route to topological superconductivity

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Researchers from University of Copenhagen have discovered a new way of developing topological superconductivity that may provide a useful route toward the use of Majorana zero modes as the foundation of qubits for quantum information.

Apr 22, 2020

Scientists have devised method for gentle laser processing of perovskites at nanoscale

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Scientists have developed a method for precise, fast and high-quality laser processing of halide perovskites, promising light-emitting materials for solar energy, optical electronics, and metamaterials.

Apr 22, 2020

UCLA scientists invent nanoparticle that could improve treatment for bone defects

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In a test on mice, UCLA researchers showed that their sterosome, when implanted in a bone defect, activated bone regeneration without needing additional drugs. In the second phase of their study, they saw an average reduction of roughly 50% in the...

Apr 22, 2020

Researchers Use Salmon DNA to Develop Next-Generation High-Capacity Battery Material

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Stabilizing the surface of over-lithiated layered oxides using DNA from salmon and carbon nanotubes. Improved catalyst performance and lifespan found through the use of integrated... The post Researchers Use Salmon DNA to Develop Next-Generation ...

Apr 21, 2020

Discovery of Light-Induced Switching Mechanism Advances Optically Controlled Quantum Computation

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Scientists at Ames Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the University of Alabama Birmingham have discovered a light-induced switching mechanism in a Dirac semimetal. The mechanism... The post Discovery of Light-Induced Switching Mecha...

Apr 21, 2020

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