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Magnetic nanoparticles with ionic liquids for water purification

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In many parts of the world, access to clean drinking water is far from certain. Filtration of large volumes of water, however, is slow and impractical. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have introduced a new water purification method ba...

Nov 29, 2019

Method for Using Low-Cost Newsprint from Newspapers to Grow Carbon Nanotubes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists at Rice and Swansea universities have formulated a method to utilize low-cost newsprint extracted from newspapers to grow nanotubes for the industry. Transmission electron microscope...

Nov 29, 2019

Black silicon can help detect explosives

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, and Melbourne Center for Nanofabrication developed an ultrasensitive detector based on black silicon...

Nov 29, 2019

Stretchable, highly conductive film promising for wearable electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Strong bonds between metal nanowires and polymer nanofibers enable a composite film to realize good electrical conductivity and high stretchability.

Nov 29, 2019

Electro-optical device provides solution to faster computing memories and processors

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The first ever integrated nanoscale device which can be programmed with either photons or electrons has been developed by scientists in Harish Bhaskaran's Advanced Nanoscale Engineering research group at the University of Oxford.

Nov 29, 2019

Armored with plastic 'hair' and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a novel approach aimed at addressing the perovskite's durability problem: encasing the perovskite inside a double-layer protection system made from plastic and silica.

Nov 29, 2019

Structurally designed 'DNA star' creates ultrasensitive test for dengue virus

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

By folding snippets of DNA into the shape of a five-pointed star using structural DNA nanotechnology, researchers have

Nov 28, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanotech being used in the fight against cancer

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Cancer treatments complemented with nanomaterials may be more effective than traditional treatments alone such as chemotherapy and radiation, say researchers from Nazarbayev University.

Nov 28, 2019

Are Nanomaterials Key to Energy Storage?

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Image Credit: Drexel University When it comes to making the switch from using fossil fuels to cleaner renewable energy, one of the difficulties encountered is the storage and distribution of excess...

Nov 28, 2019

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