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Carbon nanotube nanosensor alerts smartphone when plants are stressed

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Carbon nanotubes embedded in leaves detect chemical signals that are produced when a plant is damaged.

Apr 15, 2020

Fitting two co-catalysts on one nanosheet for better water purification

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists designed and tested a new two-dimensional catalyst that can be used to improve water purification using hydrogen peroxide.

Apr 15, 2020

Nanosized-wall tin 'bubbles' spur advances in the development of integrated chips

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed an extremely low-density tin 'bubble', which makes the generation of extreme ultraviolet reliable and low cost. This novel technology paves the way for various applications in electronics and shows potential in biot...

Apr 15, 2020

A quantum metasurface that can simultaneously control multiple properties of light

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Metasurfaces are artificial materials designed at the nanoscale, which can control the scattering of light with exceptionally high precision. Over the past decade or so, these materials have been used to create a variety of technological tools ran...

Apr 15, 2020

Quantum computing and qubit scale-up applications with Proteox from Oxford Instruments – Physics World

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Register now: a webinar sponsored by Oxford Instruments NanoScience The post Quantum computing and qubit scale-up applications with Proteox from Oxford Instruments appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 15, 2020

New mask material can remove virus-size nanoparticles

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Scientists around the world are scrambling to adapt their research to find solutions to the many problems raised by the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world, not the least being a face mask shortage.

Apr 15, 2020

Lung-Heart Super Sensor on a Chip Tinier Than a Ladybug | Research Horizons

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The future of socially distanced lung and heart health monitoring could lie in this inconspicuous yet incredibly sensitive chip. It records multiple lung and heart signals along with body movements in high resolution. Bioengine...

Apr 15, 2020

Researchers develop nanometer-thick electromagnetic shielding film using MXene

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A Korean research team has developed a technology to fabricate an ultrathin material for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. The research team, led by Koo Chong-Min, the head of the Materials Architecturing Research Center at the Korea I...

Apr 15, 2020

Carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds

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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have architecturally designed plate-nanolattices - nanometer-sized carbon structures - that are stronger than diamonds as a ratio of strength to density. In a recent study...

Apr 15, 2020

Nanometer-thick MXene films can be used as electromagnetic shields

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Researchers developed an ultrathin nanometer-thick film, using MXene, a new two-dimensional nanomaterial for EMI shielding.

Apr 15, 2020

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