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Discovery could lead to munitions that go further, much faster

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have discovered a new way to get more energy out of energetic materials containing aluminum, common in battlefield systems, by igniting aluminum micron powders coated with graphene oxide.

Dec 20, 2018

Scientists find nanoparticles with peculiar chemical composition

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from Russia and China discovered a host of new and unexpected nanoparticles and found a way to control their composition and properties ‒ the findings break fresh ground in the use of nanoparticles. The results of their study were publi...

Dec 20, 2018

Discovery could lead to munitions that go further, much faster

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the U.S. Army and top universities discovered a new way to get more energy out of energetic materials containing aluminum, common in battlefield systems, by igniting aluminum micron powders coated with graphene oxide.

Dec 20, 2018

Defects in nanoparticles help to drive the production of hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanomaterials that speed up the production of hydrogen gas have been created by A*STAR and NTU researchers. This work could help to develop more efficient technologies for making this clean fuel.

Dec 20, 2018

Scientists use magnetic defects to achieve electromagnetic wave breakthrough

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have created small regions of magnetic defects made from nanoscale magnetic islands assembled into a grid. The plane waves interact with these defects, thereby generating helical waves.

Dec 20, 2018

The potential of nanomaterials to activate the body's antitumor immune response investigated

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The importance of research into the role of the immune system in the development and therapy of oncological diseases was emphasized by the Royal Swedish Academy, which recently named James Allison and Tasuku Honjo recipients of the 2018 Nobel Priz...

Dec 20, 2018

Creating nanoscale patterns at record resolution: An instructional video

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This video shows how an electron microscope-based lithography technique can be used to define single-digit nanometer patterns in conventional electron-beam resists.

Dec 20, 2018

Researchers Study the Potential of Nanomaterials to Fight Cancer

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The Royal Swedish Academy highlighted the significance of research regarding the role of the immune system in the development and treatment of oncological diseases. The academy recently named...

Dec 20, 2018

Plastic Waste in the Environment Disintegrates into Nano-Sized Particles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

According to a new study from Lund University, there is a significant risk that plastic waste in the environment discharges nano-sized particles called nanoplastics. The researchers investigated what...

Dec 20, 2018

Researchers use DNA nanomachines to discover subgroups of lysosomes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The story of the lysosome is a classic smear campaign. Once dismissed as the garbage disposal of the cell—it does break down unneeded cell debris—it is now valued by scientists who realized all that dirty work also controls survival, metabolism, l...

Dec 20, 2018

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