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Researchers discover directional and long-lived nanolight in a 2D material

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discover squeezed light at the nanoscale that propagates only in specific directions along thin slabs of molybdenum trioxide. Besides its unique directional character, this nanolight lives for an exceptionally long time, and thus ...

Oct 24, 2018

Deep Learning Approach Streamlines the Design of Metamaterials

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A technique for streamlining the process of designing and characterizing nanophotonic metamaterials, based on deep learning, could make the design, fabrication, and characterization of these elements easier. A Tel Aviv University (TAU) team has sh...

Oct 24, 2018

Wood sponge soaks up oil from water

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Oil spills and industrial discharge can contaminate water with greasy substances. Although it's true that oil and water don't mix, separating and recovering each component can still be challenging. Now, researchers have created sponges m...

Oct 24, 2018

$661 Million Nanocellulose Market by Type, Application, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Nanocellulose Market by Type, Application, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The nanocellulose market is projected to reach USD 661.3 mill...

Oct 24, 2018

Brain-eating amoebae halted by silver nanoparticles

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Halloween is just around the corner, and some people will celebrate by watching scary movies about brain-eating zombies. But even more frightening are real-life parasites that feed on the human brain, and they can be harder to kill than their horr...

Oct 24, 2018

Brain-eating amoebae halted by silver nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Halloween is just around the corner, and some people will celebrate by watching scary movies about brain-eating zombies. But even more frightening are real-life parasites that feed on the human brain, and they can be harder to kill than their horr...

Oct 24, 2018

'Cellular dust' provides new hope for regenerative medicine

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While stem cells have the most therapeutic potential, the benefits of regenerative medicine may best be mobilised using extracellular vesicles (EVs), also known in the past as "cellular dust." A team of researchers from CNRS, AP-HP, INSE...

Oct 24, 2018

Revealing the mechanisms behind the enhancement of thermal properties of graphene nanofluids

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Researchers describe and explain why dispersing graphene in a suitable solvent leads to the resulting nanofluid having much better thermal properties than the original liquid.

Oct 24, 2018

Nanophotonics technology to allow 100-times-faster internet

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Groundbreaking new technology could allow 100-times-faster internet by harnessing twisted light beams to carry more data and process it faster.

Oct 24, 2018

NASA funds improvement of Miralon to double CNT composite strength | NextBigFuture.com

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NASA awarded a potential $8.1 million dollar contract to Nanocomp Technologies, now part of Huntsman, for the “continued improvement of manufacturing high-strength CNT yarn/tape for use in developing CNT composites with strength properties at leas...

Oct 24, 2018

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