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New method to reduce uranium concentration in contaminated water

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In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from China have proposed a way to reduce uranium concentration in contaminated water. As an essential nuclear fuel, uranium has been greatly used an inevitably released to th...

Mar 14, 2019

Review of the recent advances of 2D nanomaterials in Lit-ion batteries

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In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from the China University of Petroleum (East China) have summarized the recent advances in application of 2D nanomaterials on the electrode materials of lithium-ion batteries...

Mar 14, 2019

Fingermark imaging for drug detection

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In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from Zhejiang have uncovered a novel method of using nanocarrier-based biological fluorescent probes for detecting amphetamine and ketamine in latent fingermark, in a bid to ...

Mar 14, 2019

Bottom-up assembled chiral meta-molecules

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Inspired by chiral molecular structures, scientists are developing strategies to build artificial chiral materials by mimicking natural molecular structures using functional materials. Specifically, metal nanomaterials exhibit tailorable optical p...

Mar 13, 2019

Google Builds Circuit to Solve One of Quantum Computing’s Biggest Problems

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An ultra-low power cryogenic IC would help quantum computers scale up

Mar 13, 2019

Google Builds Circuit to Solve One of Quantum Computing’s Biggest Problems

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An ultra-low power cryogenic IC would help quantum computers scale up

Mar 13, 2019

Researchers create nano-bot to probe inside human cells

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Researchers have built a set of magnetic 'tweezers' that can position a nanoscale bead inside a human cell with unprecedented precision. The nano-bot has already been used to study the properties of cancer cells, and could lead to enhanc...

Mar 13, 2019

Physicists proposed fast method for printing nanolasers from perovskites

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An international research team has developed a new method of synthesizing miniature light sources. It is based on a special laser which produces millions of nanolasers from a perovskite film in a few minutes.

Mar 13, 2019

X-ray analysis of carbon nanostructures helps material design

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Nanostructures made of carbon are extremely versatile: they can absorb ions in batteries and supercapacitors, store gases, and desalinate water. How well they cope with the task at hand depends largely on the structural features of the nanopores. ...

Mar 13, 2019

Defects help MOF nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time

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Researchers find new way to remove PFOS from industrial wastewater.

Mar 13, 2019

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