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New nano-barrier for composites could strengthen spacecraft payloads

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The University of Surrey has developed a robust multi-layed nano-barrier for ultra-lightweight and stable carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) that could be used to build high precision instrument structures for future space missions.

Dec 23, 2019

The coolest LEGO ® in the universe

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For the first time, LEGO ® has been cooled to the lowest temperature possible in an experiment which reveals a new use for the popular toy -- the development of quantum computing. A figure and four blocks were placed inside the most effective refr...

Dec 23, 2019

Printing wirelessly rechargeable solid-state supercapacitors for soft, smart contact lenses

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Recent advances in smart contact lenses can assist biomedical engineers to realize medical applications and vision imaging for augmented reality with wireless communication systems. Previous research on smart contact lenses were driven by a wirele...

Dec 23, 2019

Chemist develops a way to produce new materials for solar panels

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A chemist from RUDN University has synthesized new types of optically active materials with the structure of the mineral perovskite. He proposed an environmentally friendly, fast, and easily reproducible mechanochemical method, which allows obtain...

Dec 23, 2019

Researchers break the geometric limitations of moiré pattern in graphene heterostructures

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Researchers at the University of Manchester have uncovered interesting phenomena when multiple two-dimensional materials are combined into van der Waals heterostructures (layered "sandwiches" of different materials).

Dec 23, 2019

From 3-D to 2-D and back: reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets

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Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and the University of Tokyo have developed a technique for the reversible conversion of 3-D lipid vesicles into 2-D ultra-thin nanosheets. Both the stable nanosheets and the reversible 2...

Dec 23, 2019

High-performance anode for all-solid-state Li batteries is made of Si nanoparticles

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A new study led by NIMS researchers reveals that, in solid electrolytes, a Si anode composed only of commercial Si nanoparticles prepared by spray deposition -- the method is a cost-effective, atmospheric technique - exhibits excellent electrode p...

Dec 23, 2019

Nanoparticle therapeutic restores tumor suppressor, sensitizes cancer cells to treatment

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Leveraging advancements in nanotechnology, investigators from the Brigham have found that restoring p53 not only delays the growth of p53-deficient liver and lung cancer cells but may also make tumors more vulnerable to cancer drugs known as mTOR ...

Dec 23, 2019

Computing with molecules: A big step in molecular spintronics

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Chemists and physicists at Kiel University joined forces with colleagues from France, and Switzerland to design, deposit and operate single molecular spin switches on surfaces. The newly developed molecules feature stable spin states and do not lo...

Dec 23, 2019

Buckyballs release electron-positron pairs in forward directions

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New research published in EPJ D reveals the characteristics of positronium formation within football-shaped nanoparticles, C60, for the first time. At specific positron impact energies, the study shows that positronium emission dominates in the sa...

Dec 23, 2019

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