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New type of curved acoustic beams to provide manipulations with nanoparticles

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Previously, scientists knew only one type of curved optical rays—Airy beams and their derivatives. They were obtained back in 2007. Due to their physical properties, the beams can be used for manipulating small particles, which can be applied in m...

Jan 27, 2020

Turning trash into valuable graphene in a flash

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'Green' process promises pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic and other materials.

Jan 27, 2020

New type of curved acoustic beams to provide manipulations with nanoparticles

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Scientists modeled and confirmed the existence of a new type of curved acoustic wave beams - acoustical hooks.

Jan 27, 2020

Researchers use chicken poop to dope graphene to make a point

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A trio of researchers, two from the University of Chemistry and Technology, Praha 6, the other the University of Toronto, has demonstrated that chicken feces can be used to make graphene a better catalyst. In their paper published in the journal A...

Jan 27, 2020

Big data at the nanoscale

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An international team of scientists, including physicists from the University of Luxembourg, have reported a comprehensive view-point on how machine learning approaches can be used in Nanoscience to analyze and extract new insights from large data...

Jan 27, 2020

Nanoparticle chomps away plaques that cause heart attacks

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Michigan State University and Stanford University scientists have invented a nanoparticle that eats away -- from the inside out -- portions of plaques that cause heart attacks.

Jan 27, 2020

Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash

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Scientists at Rice University are using high-energy pulses of electricity to turn any source of carbon into turbostratic graphene in an instant. The process promises environmental benefits by turning waste into valuable graphene that can then stre...

Jan 27, 2020

A new model has been developed that simulates the accumulation of lipids in membranes

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A team of physicists has designed an experiment that simulates the formation of a new type of lipid raft on a nanometric scale. The researchers has also discovered a new role of cholesterol that will help to understand the development of some dise...

Jan 27, 2020

New type of curved acoustic beams to provide manipulations with nanoparticles

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Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tomsk State University jointly with their colleagues from Spain modeled and experimentally confirmed the existence of a new type of curved acoustic wave beams -- acoustical hooks. They constitute a cu...

Jan 27, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nano-thin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper: New touch-responsive technology is 100 times thinner than existing touchscreen materials and so pliable it can be rolled up like a tube

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Researchers have developed an ultra-thin and ultra-flexible electronic material that could be printed and rolled out like newspaper, for the touchscreens of the future.

Jan 25, 2020

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