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Creating a nanoscale on-off switch for heat

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Researchers create a polymer thermal regulator that can quickly transform from a conductor to an insulator, and back again. This control of heat flow at the nanoscale opens up new possibilities in developing switchable thermal devices, solid-state...

Dec 16, 2019

How we transport water in our bodies inspires new water filtration method

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A multidisciplinary group of engineers and scientists has discovered a new method for water filtration that could have implications for a variety of technologies, such as desalination plants, breathable and protective fabrics, and carbon capture i...

Dec 16, 2019

More efficient risk assessment for nanomaterials

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Nanotechnology is booming, but risk assessment for these tiny particles is a laborious process that presents significant challenges to the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). To find more efficient test methods, researchers at the ...

Dec 16, 2019

It's always a good hair day for Leptothrix cholodnii

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A team led by researchers from the University of Tsukuba found that tiny hair-like structures, called nanofibrils, grown by aquatic bacterium Leptothrix cholodnii are essential for surface attachment and the formation of long bacterial filaments. ...

Dec 16, 2019

Get ready for a new periodic table

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Get ready for a new periodic table! Researchers at Hebrew university combine quantum dot 'atoms' and create new 'molecules.'

Dec 16, 2019

New Ghost Imaging Nanoscopy Approach Captures the Details of Processes Occurring in Living Cells

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Ghost imaging speeds up super-resolution microscopy: New nanoscopy approach poised to capture biological processes occurring inside cells at submillisecond speeds. Researchers have used advanced imaging... The post New Ghost Imaging Nanoscopy App...

Dec 15, 2019

Zapata Quantum Computing Makes Breakthrough With Prime Number Factoring | NextBigFuture.com

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In 2017, Zapata Computing spun out of Harvard to develop quantum software and algorithms for business and they have received over $26 million in funding. A quantum computing start-up company called Zapata has worked with IBM to develop a new way t...

Dec 14, 2019

Startup Offers a Silicon Solution for Lithium-Ion Batteries

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New Orleans startup Advano makes silicon nanoparticles—by the ton

Dec 13, 2019

TSMC’s 5-Nanometer Process on Track for First Half of 2020

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Devices are 15 percent faster and 30 percent more energy efficient

Dec 13, 2019

Growing carbon nanotubes with the right twist: Researchers synthetize nanotubes with a specific structure expanding previous theories on carbon nanotube growth

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Researchers synthetize nanotubes with a specific structure expanding previous theories on carbon nanotube growth.

Dec 13, 2019

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