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Scientists capture footage of crystals growing in liquid metal

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Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight into how these delicate crystals form and grow.

Nov 24, 2025

Germanium on silicon sets mobility record for next-generation chips

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A strained germanium epilayer on silicon achieves a record hole mobility, enabling faster low-power electronics and scalable quantum-ready semiconductor platforms.

Nov 24, 2025

Manufacturing nanoscale organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)

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A new one-step process miniaturises OLEDs to smaller than their emitted wavelength, enabling precise control of light direction and polarisation for displays, sensors and optical uses.

Nov 24, 2025

The first fully biodegradable piezoelectric nanoparticle takes aim at brain cancer

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The first fully biodegradable and biocompatible piezoelectric chitosan nanoparticle uses ultrasound to trigger localized stress signals in glioblastoma cells, reducing proliferation and promoting apoptosis.

Nov 24, 2025

Grapherry develops scalable process for producing graphene from carbon waste

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Grapherry, a Chicago-based clean-tech materials company, has developed a method for producing graphene from carbon waste at industrial scale. This process aims to make high-quality, cost-effective graphene more accessible for practical applications.

Nov 24, 2025

Lab-grown diamond coatings shown to prevent mineral scale in industrial pipes

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In industrial pipes, mineral deposits build up the way limescale collects inside a kettle ⎯ only on a far larger and more expensive scale. Mineral scaling is a major issue in water and energy systems, where it slows flow, strains equipment and dri...

Nov 22, 2025

Nasal drops fight brain tumors noninvasively

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Nanomedicine boosts anti-cancer immune response, eradicates tumors in mice.

Nov 22, 2025

New hydrogel composite keeps sensitive gas sensors from falling apart

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A porous hydrogel composite prevents MXene collapse and rapid oxidation, creating a stable semiconducting network that achieves reliable low level gas sensing at room temperature.

Nov 22, 2025

Graphenea and Melexis to collaborate on advancing graphene biosensors

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Graphenea Semiconductor, a leading graphene foundry company and Melexis (Euronext Brussels: MELE), a global supplier of micro-electronic semiconductor solutions, have announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development and evaluation...

Nov 22, 2025

Nanoflowers rejuvenate old and damaged human cells by replacing their mitochondria

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Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across medicine.

Nov 21, 2025

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