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Study shows the potential of carbon nanotubes to cool electronic circuits

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Mechanically stretched carbon nanotubes extract heat efficiently and could be used to cool flexible electronic devices, for example.

Apr 24, 2019

Imaging system helps surgeons remove tiny ovarian tumors

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Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a way to improve the accuracy of surgery to remove ovarian tumors. Using carbon nanotubes and a near-infrared imaging system, they could find and remove tumors as small as 0.3 mi...

Apr 24, 2019

Liquid crystals in nanopores produce a surprisingly large negative pressure

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Negative pressure governs not only the Universe or the quantum vacuum. This phenomenon, although of a different nature, appears also in liquid crystals confined in nanopores. At the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in...

Apr 24, 2019

Nanosized container with photoswitches: release of cargo upon irradiation in water

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Researchers at Tokyo Tech have developed a nanosized container bearing photoswitches that takes up hydrophobic compounds of various size and shape in water and subsequently releases them quantitatively by non-invasive light stimulus. The installed...

Apr 24, 2019

New nanomedicine slips through the cracks

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In a recent study in mice, researchers found a way to deliver specific drugs to parts of the body that are exceptionally difficult to access. Their Y-shaped block catiomer (YBC) binds with certain therapeutic materials forming a package 18 nanomet...

Apr 24, 2019

“Nanofiber yarn” makes for stretchy, protective artificial tissue

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Twisted fibers coated with living cells could assist healing of injured muscles and tendons.

Apr 23, 2019

Applied Energetics Appoints Gregory J. Quarles CEO

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Applied Energetics has appointed Gregory J. Quarles as president, CEO, and board member, effective May 6. He will lead the company in its development of next-generation advanced defense technologies based on ultrashort pulse and laser-guided energ...

Apr 23, 2019

Scientists explore the unknown behaviour of gold nanoparticles with neutrons

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists investigated the physical and chemical influences when gold nanoparticles interact with a model biological membrane, in order to identify the behavioural mechanisms taking place.

Apr 23, 2019

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information. Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the minuscule component makes it possible to scale up and could ultimately reach the capabilities re...

Apr 23, 2019

Electron-phonon instability in graphene revealed by global and local noise probes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Understanding nonequilibrium phenomena to effectively control it is an outstanding challenge in science and engineering. In a recent study, Trond. I. Andersen and colleagues at the departments of physics, chemistry, materials science and engineeri...

Apr 23, 2019

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