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Empa researchers investigate the safety of graphene for humans

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene, a single layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms, is regarded as the miracle material of the future: it is flexible, transparent, strong, can assume different electrical properties and has the highest thermal conductivity of all known...

Feb 8, 2019

Scientists marry gas-trapping framework to light-powered nanocatalysts

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers describe how pseudomorphic replacement, the same chemical process that turns a tree to stone, aided their synthesis of the first metal-organic framework (MOF) around light-powered aluminum nanocatalysts.

Feb 8, 2019

Nanopore research hits a nerve

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research shows that synthetic solid-state nanopores can have finely tuned transport behaviors much like the biological channels that allow a neuron to fire.

Feb 8, 2019

Researchers discover new method to quantify graphene at the cellular level

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A recent study presents a new, combination-based way to quantify and analyze the effect of graphene at the single cell level.

Feb 8, 2019

Life on the edge in the quantum world: Taking shortcuts to adiabaticity and driving at the quantum speed limit

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Pulling off high-speed energy transfers in the lab gives researchers insight into quantum computing, high-speed rechargeable batteries, and other future applications of quantum technology.

Feb 8, 2019

Researchers add porous envelope to aluminum plasmonics

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When Rice University chemist and engineer Hossein Robatjazi set out to marry a molecular sieve called MOF to a plasmonic aluminum nanoparticle two years ago, he never imagined the key would be the same process nature uses to petrify wood.

Feb 8, 2019

Textile gates infrared radiation to keep cool – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new fabric made from IR sensitive yarn with a carbon nanotube coating self-regulates its thermal properties depending on how hot or cold the wearer is The post Textile gates infrared radiation to keep cool appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 8, 2019

Life on the edge in the quantum world

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum physics sets the laws that dominate the universe at a small scale. The ability to harness quantum phenomena could lead to machines like quantum computers, which are predicted to perform certain calculations much faster than conventional co...

Feb 8, 2019

2019 Innovations in EV Wireless Charging, Duel-Fuel Engines, Wave Prediction, Silk Biopolymers, Composite Foams, Magnesium Parts Production, Cellulose Nanofibers, ADAS, and Road Side Units - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Innovations in EV Wireless Charging, Duel-Fuel Engines, Wave Prediction, Silk Biopolymers, Composite Foams, Magnesium Parts Production, Cellulose Nanofibers, ADAS, and Road Side Units" report has been added ...

Feb 8, 2019

Nanotronics Leads Inspection Convergence: Photoluminescence Imaging and AI

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanotronics, an innovator in AI-enhanced industrial inspection and automation, is adding Photoluminescence Imaging to its nSpec® system.

Feb 8, 2019

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