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Nanotubes may give the world better batteries

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University scientists are counting on films of carbon nanotubes to make high-powered, fast-charging lithium metal batteries a

Oct 29, 2018

Finally, a Robust Fuel Cell that Runs on Methane at Practical Temperatures | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Either exorbitantly expensive fuel or insanely hot temperatures have made fuel cells a boutique proposition, but now there's one that runs on cheap methane and at much lower temperatures. This is a practical, affordable fuel cell and...

Oct 29, 2018

Novel quantum dots enhance cell imaging

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells and tissue without organic dyes. The probe is based on the conventiona...

Oct 29, 2018

New platform based on biology and nanotechnology carries mRNA directly to target cells

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Tel Aviv University's Prof. Dan Peer and his team have developed a biological approach to directing nanocarriers loaded with protein 'game changers' to specific cells. Their groundbreaking method may prove useful in treating myriad ...

Oct 29, 2018

Researchers create scalable platform for on-chip quantum emitters

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Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology and Columbia University have developed a scalable method for creating large numbers of quantum light sources on a chip with unprecedented precision that not only could pave the way for the development...

Oct 29, 2018

Tuneable superconductivity appears in topological insulator - Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A key step towards making a quantum computer from these materials The post Tuneable superconductivity appears in topological insulator appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 27, 2018

Superstrong materials for electric spaceplanes instead of space elevators | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

China has carbon nanotube bundles in the lab that are 20 times stronger than kevlar. They are trying to scale them up for mass production. If they succeed in mass producing tons of this material then what has been impossible become possible engine...

Oct 26, 2018

CNT bundle material for flywheels 40 times better than batteries | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

In the lab, China has small quantities of carbon nanotube bundles 20 times stronger than Kevlar. These are ultralong (several centimeters) carbon nanotube fibers have been made into stronger bundles. The tensile strength of CNTBs (Carbon nanotube ...

Oct 26, 2018

Directional Character of Nanolight Could Improve Efficiency of Nanophotonic Devices

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Squeezed light in the nanoscale (“nanolight”) was found to propagate only in specific directions along thin slabs of a natural anisotropic 2D material, molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO3). The discovery was made by an international team of researchers fr...

Oct 26, 2018

Audiolab cuts the cord with Hi-Res Bluetooth DAC

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

British maker of award-winning Digital-to-Analog Converters Audiolab has added a new mobile DAC/headphone amp to its range. The M-DAC Nano cuts down on a little cable clutter by leveraging the wireless streaming power of Bluetooth... Conti...

Oct 26, 2018

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