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Swarm of 105 tiny Sprite ChipSats successfully deployed

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

If you thought SpaceX launching 60 Starlink satellites at once was impressive, Cornell University has managed 105 small satellites. The ChipSats, called Sprites, forming a swarm of cracker-sized nanosatellites were deployed from the Kicksat...

Jun 6, 2019

Understanding the (ultra-small) structure of silicon nanocrystals

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

New research provides insight into the structure of silicon nanocrystals, a substance that promises to provide efficient lithium ion batteries that power your phone to medical imaging on the nanoscale.

Jun 6, 2019

Thwarting oil-pipeline corrosion by identifying a nanoscale villain

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

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

Phys.org   -   Scientific News 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, 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

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