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Development of attachable sticker-type rechargeable batteries

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Dr. Yoon Hana at Korea Institute of Energy Research(KIER), Professor Kim Young-Jin at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST) and Professor Kim Seungchul at Pusan National University(PNU) jointly developed 're-attachable mic...

Apr 14, 2020

Boson particles discovery provides insights for quantum computing

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Researchers working on a U.S. Army project discovered a key insight for the development of quantum devices and quantum computers. Scientists found that a class of particles known as bosons can behave as an opposite class of particles called fermio...

Apr 14, 2020

Fossil record analysis hints at evolutionary origins of insects' structural colors

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Researchers from Yale-NUS College in Singapore and University College Cork have analyzed preserved scales from wing cases of two fossil weevils from the Late Pleistocene era to better understand the origin of light-scattering nanostructures presen...

Apr 14, 2020

A potential breakthrough in obesity medicine with the help of gold nanoparticles

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A team of researchers in Korea believes to have discovered a synthetic gold-based compound which may help patients with obesity. The nanoparticles were tested in both 3T3-L1 and HepG2 cell lines, which are two known candidates for studying obesity...

Apr 14, 2020

Electrospun manuka honey nanofibrous wound dressings

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Wound dressings are the primary barrier between the wound surface and the outer environement. A cellulose acetate manuka honey composite nanofibrous mat was fabricated for their use as a biocompatible antimicrobial wound dressing.

Apr 14, 2020

Hierarchically mesoporous TiO2 materials for energy and environmental applications

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Mesoporous TiO2 materials, especially those with hierarchically porous structures, have been shown great potentials in the areas of physics, chemistry and material science, owing to their extraordinarily high surface areas, large pore volumes, tun...

Apr 14, 2020

Copper nanoparticles being tested for anti-viral textiles

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Promethean Particles, is exploring the anti-viral effects of its novel copper nanoparticles for use in fabrics and PPE for the healthcare sector...

Apr 14, 2020

Modifying Natural Fibrous Materials with Functional Ceramic Nanocontainers

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A new technology studied by researchers at Kazan Federal University could be beneficial for the hair cosmetics industry and drug delivery.

Apr 13, 2020

Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals

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Rice University engineers have put to rest a long-held theory about the detection of oil and gas that hides inside the nanoscale pores of shale formations.

Apr 13, 2020

New technique for imaging proteins in 3D

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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 Office of Science User Facility at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory--have demonstrated a new technique for imagi...

Apr 13, 2020

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