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Concept for efficiency-enhanced noble-metal nanocatalysts

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The production of more than 90 percent of all chemical products we use in our everyday lives relies on catalysts. Catalysts speed up chemical reactions, can reduce the energy required for these processes, and in some cases, reactions would not be ...

Aug 2, 2024

Sizing up microplastics: nanofiltration uncovers environmental bioactivity

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Microplastics are a significant pollutant present in ecosystems worldwide, including oceans, lakes, and rivers. These particles pose potential health risks due to their persistence and complex composition, which includes various toxic chemicals. P...

Aug 2, 2024

SAIT students explore the use of graphene in concrete for Calgary’s sidewalk

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A group of civil engineering technology students who worked on a research project at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary has found that adding a certain amount of graphene to concrete can make the material more impermeab...

Aug 2, 2024

Lunar probe discovers natural graphene flakes in lunar soil sample

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A study, published in National Science Review ("Discovery of natural few-layer graphene on the Moon"), reveals the existence of naturally formed few-layer graphene, a substance consisting of carbon atoms in a special, thin-layered struct...

Aug 1, 2024

Nanoscale imaging provides insights into 2D and phase-change materials

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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have developed cutting-edge nanoscale optical imaging techniques to provide unprecedented insights into the ultrafast carrier dynamics in advanced materials.

Jul 31, 2024

Newly discovered sheets of nanoscale 'cubes' found to be efficient catalysts

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created sheets of transition metal chalcogenide "cubes" connected by chlorine atoms. While sheets of atoms have been widely studied, e.g. graphene, the team's work breaks new groun...

Jul 31, 2024

Newly discovered sheets of nanoscale 'cubes' make excellent catalysts

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created sheets of transition metal chalcogenide “cubes” connected by chlorine atoms. While sheets of atoms have been widely studied e.g. graphene, the team’s work breaks new ground by using clust...

Jul 31, 2024

First Graphene reports moving towards profitability and expansion

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First Graphene has announced progressive traction in their financial and operational performance for the quarter ending June 2024, with revenue reaching approximately AUD$125,000 (over USD$81,000), reflecting a diversifying clientele across variou...

Jul 31, 2024

Dual-action therapy shows promise against aggressive oral cancer

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In a new study, scientists at Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine found a promising new way to treat a type of oral cancer known as oral squamous cell carcinoma. The method specifically targets the cancer cells through a combination of...

Jul 30, 2024

New, more sustainable method for manufacturing microchips and other nanoscale devices

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Putting 50 billion transistors into a microchip the size of a fingernail is a feat that requires manufacturing methods of nanometer level precision—layering of thin films, then etching, depositing, or using photolithography to create the patterns ...

Jul 30, 2024

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