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How rattlesnakes' scales help them sip rainwater from their bodies (video)

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

During storms in the southwestern US, some rattlesnakes drink rain droplets from scales on their backs. This unusual behavior could help them survive in a desert environment with infrequent rain. Now, researchers have figured out how the nanotextu...

Jan 8, 2020

Complete filling of batches of nanopipettes

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Analytical Chemistry an efficient method for filling a batch of nanopipettes with a pore opening below 10 nanometer. The method is based on the application of a temperature gradient to the nanopipette ...

Jan 8, 2020

Building a Quantum Computer From Off-the-Shelf Parts

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

University of Chicago researchers develop stable and possibly scalable qubits by creating defects in commercial silicon wafers

Jan 7, 2020

Quantum Dots Deliver Vaccines, Encode Vaccination History in the Skin

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Using fluorescent quantum dots, an MIT research team has created a way to administer vaccinations and record a patient’s vaccination history in the skin. The researchers developed a microneedle platform that can selectively deliver microparticles ...

Jan 7, 2020

New production method for single-walled carbon nanotubes gets green light

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new method of producing carbon nanotubes has been given the green light by researchers, meaning work in this crucial field can continue.

Jan 7, 2020

New method gives robust nanometer-thin transistors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new method to fit together layers of semiconductors as thin as a few nanometres has resulted in not only a scientific discovery but also a new type of transistor for high-power electronic devices.

Jan 7, 2020

Nanopharmaceuticals in the environment

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanomedicine is making headways. However, the tiny nanoparticles that are being used as carriers for drugs could find their way into water, soil and air. Researchers are investigating potential risks.

Jan 7, 2020

Sublimation, Not Melting: Graphene Surprises Researchers Again

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute for High Pressure Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have used computer modeling to refine the melting curve of...

Jan 7, 2020

New method gives robust transistors: Transmorphic epitaxial growth of AlN nucleation layers on SiC substrates for high-breakdown thin GaN transistors

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new method to fit together layers of semiconductors as thin as a few nanometers has resulted in not only a scientific discovery but also a new type of transistor for high-power electronic devices.

Jan 7, 2020

Laser Pulse Creates Frequency Doubling in Amorphous Dielectric Material | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don’t normally support them. Using a laser pulse fired at an array of gold triangles on a titanium dioxide (TiO...

Jan 7, 2020

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