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Living cells and batteries: A little graphene goes a long way

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Researchers at NIST have devised a way to eliminate a long-standing problem affecting our understanding of both living cells and batteries.

Mar 9, 2020

'Tickling' an atom to investigate the behavior of materials

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Scientists and engineers working at the frontier of nanotechnology face huge challenges. When the position of a single atom in a material may change the fundamental properties of that material, scientists need something in their toolbox to measur...

Mar 9, 2020

Groovy key to nanotubes in 2D

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New research offers a groovy answer to the question of what causes carbon nanotubes to align in ultrathin crystalline films discovered at Rice.

Mar 9, 2020

A flexible brain for AI

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Scientists at Osaka University developed a customizable computing device using nanofabricated switches than can be rewired to optimize AI applications using 80% less power. These devices can be used as flexible computing platform for artificial in...

Mar 9, 2020

Tapping Graphene’s Hidden Potential for the Advancement of Quantum Information Science

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Berkeley Lab scientists tap into graphene’s hidden talent as an electrically tunable superconductor, insulator, and magnetic device for the advancement of quantum information science. Ever... The post Tapping Graphene’s Hidden Potential for the Ad...

Mar 8, 2020

Tickling an Atom to Investigate Atomic Impurities in Nanomaterials

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Scientists working at the frontier of nanotechnology face huge challenges. The position of a single atom in a material can change the fundamental properties of... The post Tickling an Atom to Investigate Atomic Impurities in Nanomaterials appeared...

Mar 8, 2020

Breakthrough Self-Assembly Innovation Enables Cheaper Solar Energy Production

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Material, synthesized by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania scientists, which self-assemble to form a molecular-thick electrode layer, presents a facile way of realizing highly... The post Breakthrough Self-Assembly Innovation Enable...

Mar 7, 2020

Novel manganese-zinc ferrite nanoparticles can potentially be used in cancer treatment

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A group of Russian scientists have synthesized manganese-zinc ferrite nanoparticles that can potentially be used in cancer treatment. Due to their unique magnetic properties, the particles can serve as deactivators of affected cells while having a...

Mar 7, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Scientists came up with nanoconcrete for casting under negative temperature conditions

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Engineers from Far Eastern Federal University Military training center (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia) together with colleagues from RUDN University have developed concrete mixture with nano additives for...

Mar 7, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A filter for cleaner qubits

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Researchers at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), RIKEN, and the University of Tokyo propose an improved method for isolating the qubits in a quantum computer from the external environmen...

Mar 7, 2020

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