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Scientists develop dual anthrax-plague vaccine

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers has now engineered a virus nanoparticle vaccine against Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis, tier 1 agents that pose serious threats to national security of the United States. B. anthracis and Y. pestis are the pathogens t...

Oct 16, 2018

"Invisible Glass" Wins 2018 Create the Future Design Contest Grand Prize

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The technology, developed at Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials, was selected from among more than 800 innovative

Oct 16, 2018

High-performance, flexible, transparent force touch sensor for wearable devices

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have reported a high-performance and transparent nanoforce touch sensor by developing a thin, flexible, and transparent hierarchical nanocomposite (HNC) film. The research team says their sensor simultaneously features all the necessar...

Oct 16, 2018

Graphene expertise for touch screens with a twist

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Bendable, rollable, scrunchable - touch screen technology is on the move, and the scope for flexibility is just one of the possibilities that has emerged. With its many exciting properties, graphene is anticipated as a game changer for this shift.

Oct 16, 2018

RUDN chemist tested a new nanocatalyst for obtaining hydrogen

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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 16, 2018

Public opinion on GMOs might impact similar technologies in stores

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Researchers at the University of Missouri have found that an individual's perception of genetically modified organisms might impact their judgments about whether or not nanotechnology-enabled products should be labeled in stores.

Oct 16, 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 16, 2018

Researchers engineer dual vaccine against anthrax and plague

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers has now engineered a virus nanoparticle vaccine against Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis, tier 1 agents that pose serious threats to national security of the United States. B. anthracis and Y. pestis are the pathogens t...

Oct 16, 2018

Quantum dot characteristics prove not so permanent - Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Applying deconvolution techniques to study nanocrystal optoelectronic properties reveal spontaneous emission lifetimes that change over time The post Quantum dot characteristics prove not so permanent appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 15, 2018

High entropy alloys hold the key to studying dislocation avalanches in metals

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Mechanical structures are only as sound as the materials from which they are made. For decades researchers have studied materials from these structures to see why and how they fail. Before catastrophic failure, there are individual cracks or dislo...

Oct 15, 2018

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