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Team designs 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.

Apr 13, 2020

Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3-D

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A team of scientists including researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory—have demonstrated a new technique for i...

Apr 13, 2020

Engineers design carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds

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Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performance.

Apr 13, 2020

Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic layers enable new infrared detectors

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Scientists have calculated the parameters of photodetectors comprised by layers of graphene and a combination of black phosphorus and black arsenic. These sensors are able to detect radiation with energy less than the band gap of the constituent l...

Apr 13, 2020

Quantum computation solves an old enigma: Finding the vibrational states of magnesium dimer

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High vibrational states of the Magnesium dimer (Mg2) are an important system in studies of fundamental physics, although they have eluded experimental characterization for half a century. Experimental physicists have so far resolved the first 14 v...

Apr 13, 2020

Remote control of hormone release with magnetic nanoparticles

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Researchers have developed magnetic nanoparticles that can stimulate the adrenal gland to produce stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.

Apr 13, 2020

Researchers achieve remote control of hormone release using magnetic nanoparticles

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Abnormal levels of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol are linked to a variety of mental health disorders, including depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). MIT researchers have now devised a way to remotely control the re...

Apr 13, 2020

Researchers Create Inexpensive Broad Spectrum Photodetector

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Researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a low-cost broadband photodetector that uses a metal-organic framework (MOF). As it does not contain any cost-intensive raw materials, it can be produced inexpensively in ...

Apr 13, 2020

Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals

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Rice University engineers put to rest a long-held theory about the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to detect oil and gas deposits in the nanoscale pores of shale formations.

Apr 13, 2020

Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3D

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A team of scientists including researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II have demonstrated a new technique for imaging proteins in 3D with nanoscale resolution. Their work, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, e...

Apr 13, 2020

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