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Extremely small magnetic nanostructures with invisibility cloak imaged

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In novel concepts of magnetic data storage, it is intended to send small magnetic bits back and forth in a chip structure, store them densely packed and read them out later. The magnetic stray field generates problems when trying to generate parti...

Oct 18, 2018

Study provides insight into how nanoparticles interact with biological systems

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Personal electronic devices are a growing source of the world's electronic waste. Many of these products use nanomaterials, but little is known about how nanoparticles interact with the environment. Now a research team including Northwestern ...

Oct 18, 2018

Breakthrough in accessing the tiny magnet within the core of a single atom

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IBS-QNS researchers in South Korea have made a major scientific breakthrough by detecting the nuclear magnetism, or 'nuclear spin' of a single atom. In an international collaboration with IBM Research, the University of Oxford and the In...

Oct 18, 2018

Neuroscience 2018 Encourages Collaboration and Conversation

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  The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Neuroscience 2018 conference is the world’s largest neuroscience conference for scientists and physicians who are devoted to understanding the brain and nervous system. To be held Nov. 3-7 at the San Diego Con...

Oct 17, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Iranian Firm Offering Nano-Products on Chinese Market

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An Iranian knowledge-based company has found its way to the Chinese market by producing nanocomposites.

Oct 17, 2018

Taking steps toward a wearable artificial kidney

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There just aren't enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the only alternative for patients is to undergo regular dialysis sessions to clear harmful cellular waste from their...

Oct 17, 2018

Novel, Low-cost Photocatalyst Shown to Produce Hydrogen

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In a breakthrough study, a RUDN chemist has obtained 'green' hydrogen using UV radiation, visible light and catalysts with ruthenium nanoparticles. The research suggests that these types...

Oct 17, 2018

Chemists test a new nanocatalyst for obtaining hydrogen

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A chemist from RUDN was the first to use catalysts with ruthenium nanoparticles to obtain hydrogen under the influence of visible light and UV radiation. In the future, such catalysts may be used for large-scale production of hydrogen fuel under t...

Oct 17, 2018

Exploring new spintronics device functionalities in graphene heterostructures

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Graphene Flagship researchers have shown in a paper published in Science Advances how heterostructures built from graphene and topological insulators have strong, proximity induced spin-orbit coupling which can form the basis of novel information ...

Oct 17, 2018

New method to boost efficiency of quantum cryptography

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Once the quantum computer becomes a reality, it will make most of the encryption used today to secure

Oct 17, 2018

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