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Tungsten as interstellar radiation shielding?

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A boiling point of 5900 degrees Celsius and diamond-like hardness in combination with carbon: tungsten is the heaviest metal, yet has biological functions - especially in heat-loving microorganisms. A team led by Tetyana Milojevic at the Universit...

Jul 9, 2019

Could vacuum physics be revealed by laser-driven microbubble?

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Scientists at Osaka University discovered a novel mechanism which they refer to as microbubble implosion (MBI) in 2018. In this study, the group confirmed that during MBI, an ultrahigh electrostatic field close to the Schwinger field could be achi...

Jul 9, 2019

Organic solar cells will last 10 years in space

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Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, and the Department of Chemistry of MSU presented solar cells based on conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives, that...

Jul 9, 2019

On-demand control of terahertz and infrared waves

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A theory from 2006 predicts that it should be possible to use graphene in a magnetic field not only to absorb terahertz and infrared light on demand but also to control the direction of the circular polarisation. Researchers from UNIGE and Manches...

Jul 9, 2019

Nanoscale visualization of the distribution and optical behavior of dopant in GaN

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In Gallium Nitride (GaN) implanted with a small amount of magnesium (Mg), NIMS succeeded for the first time in visualizing the distribution and optical behavior of the implanted Mg at the nanoscale which may help in improving electrical performanc...

Jul 9, 2019

Connecting the dots for quantum networks

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A new technique squeezes quantum dots to emit single photons with precisely the same color and with positions that can be less than a millionth of a meter apart.

Jul 8, 2019

Nanoporous Material Nets Contaminant from Water

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Toxic chemical contaminates water in 43 states. Barely visible material that looks like tiny grains of sand may hold

Jul 8, 2019

Playfully discover atom manipulation: Online simulation game makes graphene research available to the public

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Scientists have used an electron microscope to manipulate strongly bound materials with atomic precision. Since the instruments used are fully computerized, it is possible to show in a simulation how researchers actually use them. A simulation gam...

Jul 8, 2019

On the way to nanotheranostics: Diagnosing and treating diseases simultaneously

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Nanotheranostics is a cutting-edge field of medicine that uses nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose and treat diseases. Chemical engineers have now developed a novel nanotheranostic system that uses tunable light to activate or image nanoparti...

Jul 8, 2019

Optimizing the growth of coatings on nanowire catalysts

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A chemical surface treatment boosts the catalytic activity of the wire-looking nanostructures for a key reaction in solar fuel production.

Jul 8, 2019

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