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More flexible nanomaterials can make fuel cell cars cheaper

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new method of increasing the reactivity of ultrathin nanosheets, just a few atoms thick, can someday make fuel cells for hydrogen cars cheaper.

Feb 21, 2019

With nanopore sensing, physics researchers detect subtle changes in single particles

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Researchers have discovered that a technique known as nanopore sensing can be used to detect subtle changes in clusters, or extremely small chunks of matter that are bigger than a molecule but smaller than a solid.

Feb 21, 2019

Control of Nanowire Growth Advances Silicon Photonics

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Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Luasanne (EPFL) Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, together with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Ioffe Institute in Russia, have discovered a wa...

Feb 21, 2019

Design principles for disease-sensing nanomaterials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The detailed findings in a new paper could lead to more precise, effective methods of treating and diagnosing a variety of diseases, including cancers.

Feb 21, 2019

Design principles for disease-sensing nanomaterials: The detailed findings could lead to more precise, effective methods of treating and diagnosing a variety of diseases, including cancers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new article outlines novel design guidance that could rapidly advance development of disease-sensing nanomaterials for use in new drug development.

Feb 21, 2019

EU study demonstrates grouping and read-across for nanomaterials

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JRC followed Echa guidance for evaluation of MWCNTs in relation to genotoxicity

Feb 21, 2019

New paper provides design principles for disease-sensing nanomaterials

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Scientists have long sought to develop drug therapies that can more precisely diagnose, target and effectively treat life-threatening illness such as cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. One promising approach is the design of morphable...

Feb 21, 2019

Researchers make coldest quantum gas of molecules

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JILA researchers have made a long-lived, record-cold gas of molecules that follow the wave patterns of quantum mechanics instead of the strictly particle nature of ordinary classical physics. The creation of this gas boosts the odds for advances i...

Feb 21, 2019

Physicists get thousands of semiconductor nuclei to do 'quantum dances' in unison

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Scientists found a way to exploit the interaction between the electron and the thousands of nuclei using lasers to 'cool' the nuclei to less than 1 milliKelvin. They then showed they can control and manipulate the thousands of nuclei as ...

Feb 21, 2019

Quantum dots can spit out clone-like photons: System that generates coherent single particles of light could help pave the way for quantum information processors or communications

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Researchers have produced coherent single photon emitters, a key component for future quantum computers and communications systems.

Feb 21, 2019

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