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Nature-inspired geometric designs for economical self-assembling materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has drawn inspiration from a wide variety of natural geometric motifs – including those of 12-sided dice and potato chips – in order to extend a set of well-known design principl...

Apr 30, 2024

Light-directed invisible ink unlocks unbreakable anti-forgery protection

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Counterfeiting of important documents like passports poses a serious and growing global security threat. Despite the use of various anti-counterfeiting technologies such as specialized inks, holograms and watermarks, the increasing sophistication ...

Apr 30, 2024

AMD announces extension of US Government contracts

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Advanced Graphene Development (AMD) has announced two significant contract extensions with its US Government customers.

Apr 28, 2024

High-precision blood glucose level prediction achieved by few-molecule reservoir computing

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A collaborative research team from NIMS and Tokyo University of Science has successfully developed an artificial intelligence (AI) device that executes brain-like information processing through few-molecule reservoir computing. This innovation uti...

Apr 26, 2024

Enhancing memory technology: Multiferroic nanodots for low-power magnetic storage

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Traditional memory devices are volatile and the current non-volatile ones rely on either ferromagnetic or ferroelectric materials for data storage. In ferromagnetic devices, data is written or stored by aligning magnetic moments, while in ferroele...

Apr 26, 2024

Scientists learn from caterpillars how to create self-assembling capsules for drug delivery

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Self-assembling molecules that spontaneously organize themselves to form complex structures are common in nature. For example, the tough outer layer of insects, called the cuticle, is rich in proteins that can self-assemble.

Apr 26, 2024

Unlocking the functional potential of mesoporous materials through modular nanocrystal assembly

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Mesoporous materials have emerged as a frontier of materials science, thanks to their unique combination of high surface area, tunable pore sizes, and ability to host functional components. These properties make them exceptionally promising for ap...

Apr 26, 2024

Contactless interactive displays respond to finger movements and breath via humidity sensing

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The ubiquity of touchscreens has revolutionized the way we interact with digital devices, but the next frontier in human-machine interaction lies in the development of contactless interfaces. Researchers are making significant strides in this fiel...

Apr 26, 2024

Researchers achieve robust superconductivity in high magnetic fields using unique 1D system

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An international team of researchers, led by the University of Manchester, has achieved robust superconductivity in high magnetic fields using a newly created one-dimensional system. Achieving superconductivity in the quantum Hall regime has been ...

Apr 26, 2024

Researchers develop deformable micro-supercapacitor via laser ablation patterning of Graphene/liquid metal

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Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea Institute of Industrial Technology and Konkuk University have reported the development of a small-scale energy storage device capable of stretching, twisting, folding, a...

Apr 26, 2024

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