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Council of Ministers' draft conclusions call for sustainable EU chemicals policy

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Strategy would address REACH, endocrine disruptors and nanomaterials

Jun 18, 2019

A new manufacturing process for aluminum alloys

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An advanced manufacturing process to produce nano structured rods and tubes directly from high-performance aluminum alloy powder—in a single step—was recently demonstrated by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Jun 18, 2019

Detecting intersubband polaritons in a single nanoantenna

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Electronic transitions between confined states within a quantum well are widely used in optoelectronics. Familiar examples include quantum cascade lasers and quantum well infrared photodetectors, which can operate in a wide range of wavelengths, f...

Jun 18, 2019

Gold adds the shine of reversible assembly to protein cages

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

An international team has shown the reversible self-assembly of protein cages using gold ions to direct the process. The team designed protein building blocks that formed 3D structures in the presence of gold ions and could be disassembled in the ...

Jun 18, 2019

Engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50%

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University's solar-powered approach for purifying salt water with sunlight and nanoparticles is even more efficient than its creators first believed.

Jun 18, 2019

Gold nanoparticle clusters for simultaneous photo-thermal imaging and therapy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

NUS chemists have found that gold nanoparticle clusters can be used in photo-thermal therapy for imaging and treatment of human prostate cancer.

Jun 18, 2019

'Hot spots' increase efficiency of solar desalination

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers showed they could boost the efficiency of their nanotechnology-enabled solar membrane desalination system by more than 50% simply by adding inexpensive plastic lenses to concentrate sunlight into 'hot spots.'

Jun 18, 2019

Inexpensive plastic lenses increase efficiency of solar desalination

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A solar-powered approach for purifying salt water with sunlight and nanoparticles is even more efficient than its creators first believed.

Jun 18, 2019

Sensory Nanoparticle-Based Test for Early Detection of Cancer

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital are making the most of an exclusive phenomenon of nanoparticles to design a test for early detection of various types of diseases, including cancer....

Jun 18, 2019

Two Research Vice Presidents Named in EVPR Office | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Georgia Tech has announced the selection of two outstanding faculty members to serve as vice presidents in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research. Each appointment is 75%, allowing them time to continue their established ...

Jun 18, 2019

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