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Luminescing nanosized crystals are showing promise for peering deeply into body tissues

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Investigations of 'quantum dots' for looking deeply into body tissues are rapidly evolving, but more work is required to ensure they are safe, according to a review published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

Apr 18, 2019

Researchers report observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions

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An international team of researchers has discovered a way to create and observe room-temperature polar skyrmions. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes creating the polar skyrmions and their observations. Pavlo Zubko,...

Apr 18, 2019

Faster Active Alignment with NanoCube XYZ Piezo Flexure Scanning Stage

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A more compact XYZ nanopositioning system for faster active alignment and higher scanning speed, with integrated sensors for nanometer precise closed-loop control is now available.

Apr 18, 2019

Fluorescent nanoparticles drive a bright start(up) – Physics World

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The "start-up story" of Stream Bio, which manufactures fluorescent nanoparticles for bioimaging applications The post Fluorescent nanoparticles drive a bright start(up) appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 18, 2019

Graphene foam material harvests water from air

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A newly developed graphene nanocomposite foam realizes water harvesting through a capture-release cycle.

Apr 18, 2019

Daimler Teams Up with Sila Nanotechnologies on Next Generation Lithium-ion Battery Materials

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Daimler AG has acquired a minority equity stake in U.S. battery material specialist Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. (Sila Nano) as part of its research and development activities. Founded in 2011, Sila Nano is a leading developer of new battery materi...

Apr 18, 2019

Daimler Teams Up with Sila Nanotechnologies on Next Generation Lithium-ion Battery Materials

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Daimler AG has acquired a minority equity stake in U.S. battery material specialist Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. (Sila Nano) as part of its research and development activities. Founded in 2011, Sila Nano is a leading developer of new battery materi...

Apr 18, 2019

Bioengineers add cooperative molecules to their toolkit for programming signal processing

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Synthetic biologists have added a new toolset powered by self-assembling molecules and predictive modeling will allow researchers to construct the complex computation and signal processing found in eukaryotic organisms, including human cells.

Apr 18, 2019

Multistep self-assembly opens door to new reconfigurable materials

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Self-assembling synthetic materials come together when tiny, uniform building blocks interact and form a structure. However, nature lets materials like proteins of varying size and shape assemble, allowing for complex architectures that can handle...

Apr 18, 2019

Flies smell through a Gore-Tex system

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A research group led by a scientist of the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has gained important insights into how the nanopores that allow the fruit fly to detect chemicals in the air, and has identified the gene responsible fo...

Apr 18, 2019

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