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The chemical reactivity of graphene bubbles

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has measured and controlled the temperature of individual graphene bubbles with a single laser beam for the first time. This study has been led by Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff (School of Natural Sc...

May 22, 2018

Valves for tiny particles

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Newly developed nanovalves allow the flow of individual nanoparticles in liquids to be controlled in tiny channels. This is of interest for lab-on-a-chip applications such as in materials science and biomedicine.

May 22, 2018

Lodenius Joins JonDeTech Board

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Johan Lodenius is the newest member of IR sensor developer JonDeTech Sensors AB’s board of directors. Lodenius has more than 20 years of leadership experience in global telecommunication and semiconductor corporations. “Mr. Lodenius’ internati...

May 22, 2018

Brookhaven’s Zhu Awarded MSA Award for Physical Sciences

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The Microscopy Society of America (MSA) has selected Yimei Zhu, a senior physicist and leader of the Electron Microscopy and Nanostructure Group in the Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department at the U.S. Department of Energy's (D...

May 22, 2018

Nature-inspired nanotechnology: skin-mimicking sensors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Mimicking the exciting skin structure and function, researchers have designed hierarchical nanoporous and interlocked micro ridge structured polymers with gradient stiffness. The gradient elastic modulus of interlocked and micro ridge structured p...

May 22, 2018

Leveraging imperfections to create better-behaved quantum dots

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Potentially paving the way toward advanced computers, lasers or optical devices, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have revealed new effects in tiny electronic devices called quantum dots.

May 22, 2018

Tunable third harmonic generation in graphene paves the way to high-speed optical communications and signal processing

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Graphene Flagship researchers have shown for the first time gate tunable third harmonic generation in graphene. This research, led by Graphene Flagship Partner University of Cambridge, in Collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and IIT-Istituto I...

May 22, 2018

A single-injection vaccine for the polio virus

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new nanoparticle vaccine developed by MIT researchers could assist efforts to eradicate polio worldwide. The vaccine, which

May 22, 2018

A single-injection vaccine for the polio virus: Nanoparticles could offer a new way to help eradicate the disease worldwide

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A nanoparticle vaccine could help eradicate polio worldwide. The vaccine, which delivers multiple doses in just one injection, could make it easier to immunize children in remote regions of Pakistan and other countries where the disease is still f...

May 21, 2018

Nanoparticles could offer a new way to help eradicate polio worldwide

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A new nanoparticle vaccine developed by MIT researchers could assist efforts to eradicate polio worldwide. The vaccine, which delivers multiple doses in just one injection, could make it easier to immunize children in remote regions of Pakistan an...

May 21, 2018

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