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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

Quantum Dot Microscope Can Measure Electric Surface Potentials of Single Atoms

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A new scanning quantum dot microscopy method can measure the electric potential of a sample at atomic accuracy. It was developed by a team from Forschungszentrum Jülich, working with researchers from two other institutions. The new technique has p...

Jun 18, 2019

Gold adds the shine of reversible assembly to protein cages

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international team reports the gold led reversible self-assembly of 3D cages from engineered proteins.

Jun 18, 2019

Gold nanoparticle clusters for simultaneous photo-thermal imaging and therapy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

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

Gold adds the shine of reversible assembly to protein cages

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

An international team including researchers from the University of Tsukuba 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 pr...

Jun 18, 2019

'Hot spots' increase efficiency of solar desalination

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University 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

Building the tools of the next manufacturing revolution

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

From industrializing 3-D printing to creating nanomaterials at scale, John Hart is reimagining the way things are made.

Jun 17, 2019

Gold for iron nanocubes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Hybrid Au/Fe nanoparticles can grow in an unprecedentedly complex structure with a single-step fabrication method.

Jun 17, 2019

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