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How to use graphene to help future space exploration

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Scientists have started testing novel graphene-based thermal management devices for space applications.

Aug 1, 2019

Slip layer dynamics reveal why some fluids flow faster than expected

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Whether it is oil gushing through pipelines or blood circulating through arteries, how liquids flow through tubes is perhaps the most fundamental problem in hydrodynamics. The challenge is to maximize transport efficiency by minimizing the loss of...

Aug 1, 2019

From Japanese basket weaving art to nanotechnology with ion beams

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Physicists succeeded in producing the world's densest complex nano arrays for anchoring flux quanta, the fluxons.

Aug 1, 2019

Graphene discovery could help develop superconductors

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Researchers paved the way to solving one of the most enduring mysteries in materials physics by discovering that in the presence of a moire pattern in graphene, electrons organize themselves into stripes, like soldiers in formation.

Aug 1, 2019

Nanoscopic slip layer dynamics reveal why some fluids flow faster than expected

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New microscopy technique provides unprecedented insight into nanoscopic slip layers formed in flowing complex liquids.

Aug 1, 2019

The strongest fibres have their roots in wood – Physics World

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Bioinspired assembly technique helps exploit the strength of cellulose nanofibrils that are stronger than wet-spun carbon nanotubes and graphene fibres The post The strongest fibres have their roots in wood appeared first on Physics World.

Aug 1, 2019

New research highlights similarities in the insulating states of twisted bilayer graphene and cuprates

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Scientists explain how the electronic structure in twisted bilayer graphene influences the emergence of the insulating state in these systems, which is the precursor to superconductivity in high-Tc materials.

Aug 1, 2019

Light in the nanoworld

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Quantum light sources pave the way for optical circuits.

Aug 1, 2019

New liquid biopsy chip captures circulating tumor cells with greater sensitivity

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Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed a chip made of carbon nanotubes that can capture circulating tumor cells of all sizes and types, and can do so with far greater sensitivity than existing technologies.

Aug 1, 2019

Deeper understanding of nanobubbles could improve the design of ships' propellers and cancer treatment

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Ship propellers are like wheels on a car. They do experience a lot of stress and wear rather

Jul 31, 2019

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