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Light-powered nanobio-hybrid organisms consume CO2, create eco-friendly plastics and fuels

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and eco-friendly manufacturing for ch...

Jun 11, 2019

A bubbly new way to detect the magnetic fields of nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The method provides manufacturers with a practical way to measure and improve their control of the properties of magnetic nanoparticles for a host of medical and environmental applications.

Jun 11, 2019

Tiny light box opens new doors into the nanoworld

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have discovered a completely new way of capturing, amplifying and linking light to matter at the nanolevel. Using a tiny box, built from stacked atomically thin material, they have succeeded in creating a type of feedback loop in which ...

Jun 11, 2019

Spin-off develops magnetic cooling system for extremely low temperatures

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

The start-up kiutra is the first company in the world to have succeeded in developing a permanent magnetic cooling system to reach temperatures close to absolute zero. Such temperatures are, for example, required for the operation of quantum comp...

Jun 11, 2019

Light-powered nano-organisms consume CO2, create eco-friendly plastics and fuels

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and ec...

Jun 11, 2019

Tiny light box opens new doors into the nanoworld

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a completely new way of capturing, amplifying and linking light to matter at the nanolevel. Using a tiny box, built from stacked atomically thin material, they have succeede...

Jun 11, 2019

Penn engineers design nanostructured diamond metalens for compact quantum technologies

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

By finding a certain kind of defect inside a block of diamond and fashioning a pattern of nanoscale pillars on the surface above it, Penn Engineering researchers can now control the shape of individual photons emitted by the defect. Because those ...

Jun 11, 2019

Plot twist: Straightening single-molecule conductors improves their performance

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Osaka University synthesized nanowires made of a single molecule of oligothiophene up to 10 nanometers in length. By forcing the molecular chain to adopt a planar conformation, they were able to significantly enhance its electrical ...

Jun 11, 2019

CNTs from household ingredients

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at MIT have found that baking soda, table salt, and detergent are surprisingly effective ingredients for cooking up carbon nanotubes....

Jun 11, 2019

A bubbly new way to detect the magnetic fields of nanometer-scale particles

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The method provides manufacturers with a practical way to measure and improve their control of the properties of magnetic nanoparticles for a host of medical and environmental applications.

Jun 10, 2019

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