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Hairy nanotechnology provides green anti-scaling solution

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new type of cellulose nanoparticle is at the heart of a more effective and less environmentally damaging solution to one of the biggest challenges facing water-based industries: preventing the buildup of scale.

Nov 26, 2018

Molecular motors: Chemical carousel rotates in the cold

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Molecular motors, which rotate unidirectionally in response to an external energy input, constitute an important class of components for future applications in the field of nanotechnology. Molecules whose structure and spatial conformation can be ...

Nov 26, 2018

ASML, Imec to Establish a Joint Lab, Accelerate Adoption of EUV Lithography

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Research and innovation hub imec and lithographic equipment developer ASML have entered the next stage of their extreme UV (EUV) lithography collaboration. Together, they will accelerate the adoption of EUV lithography for high-volume production...

Nov 26, 2018

UTA’s Magnusson Awarded $360K NSF Grant for Photonic Lattices

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Robert Magnusson, the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics and an electrical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), will use a $360,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for resear...

Nov 26, 2018

Racing electrons in graphene under control

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have succeeded in using ultra-short laser impulses to precisely control electrons in graphene.

Nov 26, 2018

Molecules that self-assemble into monolayers for efficient perovskite solar cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have discovered a new method for producing efficient contact layers in perovskite solar cells. It is based on molecules that organise themselves into a monolayer.

Nov 26, 2018

A water treatment breakthrough, inspired by a sea creature

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Inspired by Actinia, a sea organism that ensnares its prey with its tentacles, a team of researchers has developed a method for efficiently treating water. The research, a collaboration of the labs of Yale's Menachem Elimelech and Huazhang Zh...

Nov 26, 2018

New device could monitor anticoagulant treatments with to deliver personalized therapies

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and CIBER Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) have developed a biosensor device which a...

Nov 26, 2018

Racing electrons under control

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The advantage is that electromagnetic light waves oscillate at petaherz frequency. This means that computers in the future could operate at speeds a million times faster than those of today. Scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-N...

Nov 26, 2018

Quantum computing at scale: Australian scientists achieve compact, sensitive qubit readout

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A group led by Australian of the Year, Professor Michelle Simmons, has overcome another critical technical hurdle for building a silicon-based quantum computer.

Nov 26, 2018

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