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Thwarting oil-pipeline corrosion by identifying a nanoscale villain

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Certain molecules of iron, when juxtaposed, have been found by Sandia National Labs and Aramco Research Center researchers to cause microscopic holes in steel pipe used for oil transport. This hidden, localized corrosion causes oil pipes to rust ...

Jun 6, 2019

Organic electronics: a new semiconductor in the carbon-nitride family

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Teams from Humboldt-Universität and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have explored a new material in the carbon-nitride family. Triazine-based graphitic carbon nitride (TGCN) is a semiconductor that should be highly suitable for applications in optoel...

Jun 6, 2019

Manipulating nanoscale light in nanocavity of scanning tunneling microscope junctions

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Manipulating nanoscale light in scanning tunneling microscope junctions is attained by nanofabrication of gold tips using a focused ion beam technique. Researchers at Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany, demonstrated that a spectrum of 'na...

Jun 6, 2019

3D microchannels promote self-assembly of ordered emulsions at low droplet concentrations

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SUTD researchers have discovered a way to achieve self-assembly of low density droplets in microfluidic flows using three dimensional (3D) microchannels.

Jun 6, 2019

UCI scientists create new class of two-dimensional materials

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Oxide perovskite crystals have many interesting physical and chemical properties, and materials science engineers would like to fabricate them as two-dimensional layers for use in advanced electronics and, potentially, quantum computers. In a brea...

Jun 6, 2019

A History of the Laser: 1960 - 2019

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In 2020, the laser will celebrate its 60th anniversary. Here Photonics Media presents a timeline of some of the more notable scientific accomplishments related to light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (laser). An interactive vers...

Jun 6, 2019

Nanotechnology treatment shows promise against multiple sclerosis

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A nanotechnology treatment derived from bone marrow stem cells has reversed multiple sclerosis symptoms in mice and could eventually be used to help humans, according to a new study led by University of California, Irvine researchers.

Jun 5, 2019

Nanotechnology treatment shows promise against multiple sclerosis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A nanotechnology treatment derived from bone marrow stem cells has reversed multiple sclerosis symptoms in mice and could eventually be used to help humans.

Jun 5, 2019

Those who go on foot

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

In thinking about the history of the laser and the strong and varied list of laser pioneers, I looked up the etymology of the word “pioneer” and discovered an early and somewhat humble origin. According to a pedestalled unabridged dictionary in ou...

Jun 5, 2019

Researchers discover what makes deep-sea dragonfish teeth transparent

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The transparent teeth of the deep-sea dragonfish help camouflage the dragonfish from their prey. The unique adaptation results from their teeth having an unusually crystalline nanostructure mixed with amorphous regions.

Jun 5, 2019

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