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Hybrid Breakers Could Make Direct Current Practical in High Power Applications | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Direct current (DC) powers flashlights, smartphones and electric cars, but major power users depend on alternating current (AC), which cycles on and off 60 times per second. Among the reasons: AC is simple to turn off when there’s a probl...

Oct 1, 2019

Inspired by nature: Scientists have developed a nanopore-microchip

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Medical professionals and environment analysts would like to have microchips that measure substances directly on site. Scientists at TU Darmstadt have developed and patented a system based on nanopores with broad potential. Anyone wishing to use ...

Oct 1, 2019

High-pressure experiments reveal graphene’s 3D nature – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The carbon sheet can no longer be considered as a purely 2D material as far as certain mechanical properties are concerned say researchers The post High-pressure experiments reveal graphene’s 3D nature appeared first on Physics World.

Sep 30, 2019

MIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Five software and hardware projects will launch the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program.

Sep 30, 2019

Silicon technology boost with graphene and 2-D materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Silicon semiconductor technology has done marvels for the advancement of our society, which has benefited tremendously from its versatile use and amazing capabilities. The development of electronics, automation, computers, digital cameras and rece...

Sep 30, 2019

Curved nanochannels allow independent tuning of charge and spin currents

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

To increase the efficiency of microchips, 3-D structures are now being investigated. However, spintronic components, which rely on electron spin rather than charge, are always flat. To investigate how to connect these to 3-D electronics, Universit...

Sep 30, 2019

Scientists develop high-precision sensor based on laser-textured gold film

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) with colleagues from Russia, Japan, and Australia have developed a multi-purpose sensor based on a specially designed gold film, the surface of which contains millions of parabolic nanoantennas p...

Sep 30, 2019

Delivery system can make RNA vaccines more powerful: Vaccines packaged in novel nanoparticles could offer a new way to fight cancer and infectious diseases.

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

MIT chemical engineers have developed a new type of lipid nanoparticle that can be used to deliver RNA vaccines. The particles also trigger the release of powerful immune signaling proteins that boost the vaccines' effectiveness.

Sep 30, 2019

Curved nanochannels allow independent tuning of charge and spin currents

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

To increase the efficiency of microchips, 3D structures are now being investigated. However, spintronic components, which rely on electron spin rather than charge, are always flat. To investigate how to connect these to 3D electronics, physicists ...

Sep 30, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: New design of bioactive peptide nanofibers keeping both temperature reversibility and stiffness control

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A collaboration mainly led by scientists from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) in Japan has developed a new method of molecular design to control both temperature reversibility an...

Sep 30, 2019

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