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Silica aerogel could make Mars habitable

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

People have long dreamed of re-shaping the Martian climate to make it livable for humans. Carl Sagan was the first outside of the realm of science fiction to propose terraforming. In a 1971 paper, Sagan suggested that vaporizing the northern polar...

Jul 15, 2019

Scientists create predictive model for hydrogen-nanovoid interaction in metals

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A five-year collaborative study by Chinese and Canadian scientists has produced a theoretical model via computer simulation to predict properties of hydrogen nanobubbles in metal.

Jul 15, 2019

2-D perovskite materials found to have unique, conductive edge states

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A new class of 2-D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals and cores that are insulating was found by researchers who said these unique properties have applications in solar cells and nanoelectronics.

Jul 15, 2019

2D perovskite materials found to have unique, conductive edge states

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new class of 2D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals and cores that are insulating was found by researchers who said these unique properties have applications in solar cells and nanoelectronics.

Jul 15, 2019

Shape-encoded dynamic assembly of mobile micromachines

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Field-directed and self-propelled colloidal assembly can be used to build micromachines to perform complex motions and functions, although their integration as heterogenous components with specified structures, dynamics and functions within microm...

Jul 15, 2019

2D perovskite materials found to have unique, conductive edge states

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new class of 2D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals and cores that are insulating was found by researchers who said these unique properties have applications in solar cells and nanoelectronics.

Jul 15, 2019

Trapped light particles: Physicists use nanostructures to free photons for highly efficient white OLEDs

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Thanks to intensive research in the past three decades, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been steadily conquering the electronics market - from OLED mobile phone displays to roll-out television screens, the list of applications is long....

Jul 15, 2019

Device channels heat into light

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The ever-more-humble carbon nanotube may be just the device to make solar panels – and anything else that loses energy

Jul 15, 2019

Curcumin halloysite nanoformulation with selective antimicrobial effects

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Turmeric has a long history of usage in traditional medicine in India and China. Ancient Indians have known the medicinal properties of turmeric - i.e. curcumin - for several millennia. Researchers have now investigated the antibacterial effects o...

Jul 15, 2019

Nanoparticles used to deliver CRISPR gene editing tools into the cell

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Researchers from Tufts University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a novel method to effectively deliver the CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) associated protein 9) gene editing tools ...

Jul 15, 2019

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