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Stickier than expected: Hydrogen binds to graphene in 10 femtoseconds: Bound for only ten quadrillionths of a second

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Graphene is an extraordinary material consisting of pure carbon just a single atomic layer thick. It is extremely stable, strong and conductive. In electronics, however, graphene has crucial disadvantages. It cannot be used as a semiconductor, sin...

May 3, 2019

Needleless vaccine will protect children from dangerous viruses

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Orally administered vaccine can protect millions from hepatitis B. Oral vaccines are both safer and less expensive than injections. Therefore, researchers are continuously pursuing ways to produce an oral vaccine that is sufficiently effective. No...

May 3, 2019

Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles: Since they are so tiny, it is difficult to investigate single nanoparticles

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In order to tailor nanoparticles in such a way that they can catalyze certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticl...

May 3, 2019

Novel thermoelectric nanoantenna design for use in solar energy harvesting

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Researchers have demonstrated an innovative nanodevice for harvesting solar energy. The article reports that evolutive dipole nanoantennas (EDNs) generate a thermoelectric voltage three times larger than the classic dipole nanoantenna (CDN).

May 3, 2019

Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles

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Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as pos...

May 3, 2019

Study Reports a New Genetically Engineered Shell Based on Natural Structures

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Bacteria present in the earth have nanometer-sized factories that perform several different things. Some produce nutrients, and others separate poisonous materials that could harm the bacteria....

May 3, 2019

Novel thermoelectric nanoantenna design for use in solar energy harvesting

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Researchers demonstrate ability to generate three times more thermoelectric voltage and 1.3 times more efficiently than classic dipole nanoantennas with newly fabricated bimetalic nanoantenna.

May 3, 2019

A new synthetic nanofactory inspired by nature

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Bacteria across our planet contain nanometer-sized factories that do many different things. Some make nutrients, others isolate toxic materials that could harm the bacteria. We have barely scratched the surface of their functional diversity.

May 3, 2019

A quantum leap in particle simulation

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A group of scientists at the Department of Energy's Fermilab has figured out how to use quantum computing to simulate the fundamental interactions that hold together our universe.

May 3, 2019

Simpler and smaller: A new synthetic nanofactory inspired by nature

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Bacteria across our planet contain nanometer-sized factories that do many different things.

May 3, 2019

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