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4D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed self-assembling liquid crystal microlenses that can reveal 4D information in one snapshot.

Nov 20, 2019

A Wearable Graphene Sensor Used to Monitor Health

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Image Credit: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com Scientists in Barcelona, Spain, have developed a new breed of wearable light sensors based on graphene. These sensors use ambient light to accurately...

Nov 20, 2019

Making tiny antennas for wearable electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

When it comes to electronics, bigger usually isn't better. This is especially true for a new generation of wearable communication systems that promise to connect people, machines and other objects in a wireless "internet of things."...

Nov 20, 2019

4-D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional. Increasingly, 3-D imaging technologies are providing the crucial context of depth for scientific and medical applications. 4-D imaging, which adds information on light polarizatio...

Nov 20, 2019

4D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional. Increasingly, 3D imaging technologies are providing the crucial context of depth for scientific and medical applications. 4D imaging, which adds information on light polarization,...

Nov 20, 2019

Researchers create the first straws using polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) plastic

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The Polymers and Advanced Materials Group of the Universitat Jaume I in collaboration with the Laboratory of New Materials and Nanotechnology of the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology of the Spanish Centre for Advanced Scientific Resea...

Nov 20, 2019

Turning up the heat to create new nanostructured metals

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The metallic thin films with 3-D interlocking nanostructures could be used in catalysis, energy storage, and biomedical sensing.

Nov 20, 2019

Nanotubes to equip ceramic coatings with heat radiation control

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have engineered ceramic nanotubes that behave as thermal antennas, offering control over the spectrum and direction of high-temperature heat radiation.

Nov 19, 2019

PHI Lab Collaborates on Quantum Neural Network-Based Computing

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

NTT Research Inc.’s Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab has reached joint research agreements with six universities, one government agency, and one private company for quantum neural network-based computing. The PHI Lab has struck five-year agreemen...

Nov 19, 2019

Scientists use catalysts to destroy cancerous cells from within

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Using "Trojan horses" to combat cancer from within the tumour cells themselves without damaging healthy tissues is the aim of this new tool created by researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), the Institute of Nanoscience of Arag...

Nov 19, 2019

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