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Infrared Light Converted into Energy Via Nanotechnology Breakthrough

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Image credits: Quality Stock Arts/shutterstock.com Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have innovated a way to convert invisible infrared light into an energy source. Until now,...

Nov 1, 2019

A new spin on life's origin?

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A research team at The University of Tokyo has reproducibly synthesized staircase-like supramolecules of a single handedness, or chirality, using standard laboratory equipment. By gradually removing the solvent from a rotating solution containing ...

Nov 1, 2019

Perovskite Nanocrystal Breakthrough Could Lead to a Better, Cheaper Solar Cells

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Scientific instrument made at McGill reveals liquid-like properties of a solid substance. McGill University researchers have gained tantalizing new insights into the properties of perovskites,... The post Perovskite Nanocrystal Breakthrough Could ...

Nov 1, 2019

A new spin on life's origin?

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Researchers used a rotary evaporator to coax non-chiral molecules to form supermolecules of a specific helicity. This work may be used to synthesize cheaper pharmaceuticals, and also explain how the handedness of biomolecules originated.

Nov 1, 2019

Researchers build a silicon-graphene-germanium transistor for future THz operation

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In 1947, the first transistor, a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), was invented in the Bell Laboratory and has since led to the age of information technology. In recent decades, there has been a persistent demand for higher frequency operation fo...

Nov 1, 2019

Nanoceramics from the ball mill

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Automotive catalysts, among others, and materials for dental implants could become more robust and easier to manufacture than ever before. This is because chemists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr have found a...

Nov 1, 2019

Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules

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Northwestern University chemists have used visible light and extremely tiny nanoparticles to quickly and simply make molecules that are of the same class as many lead compounds for drug development. Driven by light, the nanoparticle catalysts per...

Nov 1, 2019

Volkswagen is using quantum computers to optimize the traffic flow

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Quantum computers are here to stay. They can be used in a variety of different ways, but Volkswagen

Oct 31, 2019

Omics good for grouping nanomaterials for risk assessment

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BfR study on 12 nanomaterials

Oct 31, 2019

Researchers Identify New Method to Synthesize Nanometer-Sized Corundum Particles

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At the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr, chemists have identified a new method to synthesize a nanoparticle form of corundum by employing simple...

Oct 31, 2019

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