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New imaging method aids in water decontamination

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Scientists have developed a method that can image nonfluorescent catalytic reactions - reactions that don?t emit light - on nanoscale particles.

Jul 9, 2019

On-demand control of terahertz and infrared waves with graphene

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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 now have succeeded in ...

Jul 9, 2019

New searchable EU database contains 300 nanomaterials linked to hazard data

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It is now possible to search for over 300 nanomaterials found in the EU and link them to hazard data.

Jul 9, 2019

Characterizing the 'arrow of time' in open quantum systems

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Even in the strange world of open quantum systems, the arrow of time points steadily forward -- most of the time. A video details new experiments conducted at Washington University in St. Louis that compare the forward and reverse trajectories of ...

Jul 9, 2019

Vitamin C is key to protection of exciting new nanomaterial

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In work that could open a floodgate of future applications for a new class of nanomaterials known as MXenes (pronounced 'Maxines'), researchers from Texas A&M University have discovered a simple, inexpensive way to prevent the ma...

Jul 9, 2019

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

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