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New carbon-based nanomaterial: Facile diamond synthesis from lower 'diamondoids'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In a new report published in Science Advances, Sulgiye Park and a research team in geological sciences, materials and energy sciences, advanced research and advanced radiation sources in the U.S. and Beijing, China, developed a carbon-based nanoma...

Mar 5, 2020

Synthetic synapses get more like a real brain

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The human brain, fed on just the calorie input of a modest diet, easily outperforms state-of-the-art supercomputers powered by full-scale station energy inputs. The difference stems from the multiple states of brain processes versus the two binary...

Mar 5, 2020

Here's how nanoparticles could help us get closer to a treatment for COVID-19

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

There is no vaccine or specific treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2.

Mar 5, 2020

Water splitting observed on the nanometer scale

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

It is a well-known school experiment: Applying a voltage between two electrodes inserted in water produces molecular hydrogen and oxygen. Researchers seek to make water splitting as energy-efficient as possible to advance industrial applications. ...

Mar 5, 2020

Curcumin is the spice of life when delivered via tiny nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a nano formulation which changes curcumin?s behaviour to increase its oral bioavailability by 117 per cent.

Mar 5, 2020

New membrane separates small organic molecules

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

A new membrane developed at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) separates small dye particles or drug substances not only by size but also by their electrical charge. This additional function enables organic molecules with lateral dimensions o...

Mar 5, 2020

Water splitting observed on the nanometer scale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New investigation method provides fundamental insights into electrocatalytic water splitting under operating conditions.

Mar 5, 2020

Water splitting observed on the nanometer scale: Fundamental insights into electrocatalytic water splitting

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Hydrogen is being traded as the energy carrier of the future. To date, existing methodologies have not been able to elucidate how exactly the electrochemical process of water splitting takes place at the molecular scale on a catalyst surface. Scie...

Mar 5, 2020

Water splitting observed on the nanometer scale

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Hydrogen is being traded as the energy carrier of the future. To date, existing methodologies have not been able to elucidate how exactly the electrochemical process of water splitting takes place at the molecular scale on a catalyst surface. Scie...

Mar 5, 2020

'Magnonic nanoantennas': optically-inspired computing with spin waves one step closer

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new methodology for generating and manipulating spin waves in nanostructured magnetic materials opens the way to developing nano-processors for extraordinarily quick and energy efficient analog processing of information.

Mar 5, 2020

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