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Nanoparticles may have bigger impact on the environment than previously thought

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First-of-its-kind study shows that non-antibacterial nanoparticles can cause resistance in bacteria.

Oct 9, 2019

Nanoparticles may have bigger impact on the environment than previously thought

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Over the last two decades, nanotechnology has improved many of the products we use every day from microelectronics to sunscreens. Nanoparticles (particles that are just a few hundred atoms in size) are ending up in the environment by the ton, but ...

Oct 9, 2019

New Tunable Optical Chips Can Be Used As Building-Blocks for Next Generation Quantum Computers

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Researchers demonstrate first fully integrated silicon carbide optical switch that can be thermally tuned for different functions. Researchers have created a silicon carbide (SiC) photonic... The post New Tunable Optical Chips Can Be Used As Build...

Oct 9, 2019

New production technique for high-performance polymer could make for better body armor

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Using a new composite nanoparticle catalyst, researchers have shown they can make degradation-resistant PBO, a polymer used to make body armor and other high-performance fabrics.

Oct 9, 2019

Graphene substrate improves the conductivity of carbon nanotube network

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Scientists have combined graphene and single-walled carbon nanotubes into a transparent hybrid material with conductivity higher than either component exhibits separately.

Oct 9, 2019

Single-particle spectroscopy of CsPbBr3 perovskite reveals the origin low electrolumine

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Researchers have used the method of single-particle spectroscopy to study electroluminescence in light-emitting devices. They discovered that efficient charge funneling between individual perovskite nanocrystals and the phenomenon of emission blin...

Oct 9, 2019

Scientists solve 3-D structure of 'nanomachine' that makes tuberculosis virulent

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An international team headed by Óscar Llorca at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), and the group led by Sebastian Geibel at the University of Würzburg (Germany), report an accurate 3-D model of the mechanism used by the bacterium ...

Oct 9, 2019

Graphene substrate improves the conductivity of carbon nanotube network

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Transparent conductive films (TCFs) have many applications in touch screens, organic light emitting diodes and solar cells. These applications need materials that are strong, energy efficient and stable, which is why companies and researchers are ...

Oct 9, 2019

Novel nanoparticles reduce nanoneurotoxicity and enhance gene-transfection efficiency

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Scientists report that PEGylation on the surface of positively charged magnetic PLGA-PEI nanoparticles reduced neurotoxicity, and this biocompatible nano-gene delivery vector also enhanced the transfection efficiency in primary hippocampal neurons...

Oct 9, 2019

Physicists couple key components of quantum technologies

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Researchers develop an easy-to-produce interface between quantum emitters and nanophotonic networks.

Oct 9, 2019

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