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Manufacturing open-mesoporous carbon nanofibers for flexible and wearable power sources

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Recently, researchers have engineered a next-generation battery technology - known as metal-air batteries - which can be easily fabricated into flexible and wristband-like cells. Although metal-air batteries powered devices still are not ready yet...

Nov 20, 2018

Sustainable 'nano-raspberry' neutralizes poisonous carbon monoxide

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Scientists have developed a sustainable method to neutralize carbon monoxide, the odorless poison produced by cars and home boilers.

Nov 20, 2018

Innovative Nanotechnology Offers Hope to Patients Suffering from Glaucoma, Retinitis, and Macular Degeneration

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The life of Michel Meunier, an engineer and professor at Polytechnique Montréal, changed significantly in January 2009. Similar to others, he had noticed that the exceptionally short pulse of a...

Nov 20, 2018

Layer-exchange growth of graphene directly on insulating material

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Researchers have developed a technique that uses 'layer exchange' to grow high-quality uniform crystals of maulti-layer graphene directly on an insulating material.

Nov 20, 2018

Nonstop tranport of cargo in nanomachines

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Scientists reveal the nano-structure of molecular trains and the reason for smooth transport in cellular antennas.

Nov 20, 2018

Mechanically assembling 3D cellular graphene structures

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Researchers describe the design and implementation of 3D hierarchical architectures of cellular graphene with programmed geometries and outstanding electromechanical properties through the use of mechanically guided, 3D assembly.

Nov 20, 2018

UC Riverside’s Hemmerling Receives 5-Year, $1M NSF Grant for Optical Lattices

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Boerge Hemmerling, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Riverside, has received a five-year grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to study nonlinear optical properties and novel...

Nov 20, 2018

NIH Names Carnegie Mellon’s Zhao Top New Innovator

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Yongxin (Leon) Zhao, assistant professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. The award is part of the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, H...

Nov 20, 2018

Breakthrough technology offers new hope to people with glaucoma, retinitis and macular degeneration

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In January 2009, the life of engineer Michel Meunier, a professor at Polytechnique Montréal, changed dramatically. Like others, he had observed that the extremely short pulse of a femtosecond laser (0.000000000000001 second) could make nanometer-s...

Nov 20, 2018

Important Milestone in the Manufacture of Graphene Oxide

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2D Fluidics Pty Ltd files PCT Patent application on thin-film processing of graphene oxide and novel nanomaterials. Ability to manufacture high quality graphene oxides in a sustainable process...

Nov 20, 2018

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