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Study unlocks nanoscale secrets for designing next-generation solar cells

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

Perovskites, a broad class of compounds with a particular kind of crystal structure, have long been seen as a promising alternative or supplement to today's silicon or cadmium telluride solar panels. They could be far more lightweight and ine...

Feb 28, 2024

Optica Awards 2024 Ives Medal/Quinn Prize; Quantum Science Adds COO: People in the News: 2/28/24

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum Science, an infrared quantum dot technology company, has appointed Billy McLaughlin as its first COO. He will be responsible for leading the company’s commercial operations as the business continues development of its proprietary INFIQ qua...

Feb 28, 2024

Nanotweezers Use Light to Manipulate and Identify Bacteriophages Without Using Bioreceptors, Revolutionizing Phage-Based Therapies

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers has developed a game-changing technique which uses light in manipulating individual bacteriophages without the need for chemical labels. Find out more about it in this article.

Feb 28, 2024

MITO and Vartega team up to create unique graphene-enhance carbon fiber composite

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MITO Material Solutions has teamed up with Vartega, developer of recycled carbon-fiber composites, on a new composite material project. The two companies incorporated MITO’s graphene-based materials into carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics. Var...

Feb 28, 2024

Brain repairs with nanorobots

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Magnetic nanorobots delivering nerve cells to targeted tissues could potentially be used to repair damaged brain tissue, as well as other organs.

Feb 28, 2024

Nano-jab reveals cell responses

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new technique allows researchers to map how the cellular 'skeleton' adapts to external stress.

Feb 28, 2024

Quantum Resurrection: High-Performance Niobium Superconducting Qubits

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Expanding possibilities for superconducting qubits. For years, niobium was considered an underperformer when it came to superconducting qubits. Now scientists supported by Q-NEXT have found a way to engineer a high-performing niobium-based qubit a...

Feb 28, 2024

You may be breathing in more tiny nanoparticles from your gas stove than from car exhaust

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Cooking on your gas stove can emit more nano-sized particles into the air than vehicles that run on gas or diesel, possibly increasing your risk of developing asthma or other respiratory illnesses, a new study has found.

Feb 27, 2024

Supramolecule combination of fullerene and metalloporphyrin improves zinc-air battery function

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Zinc-air batteries are an inexpensive, powerful battery alternative that can be used on a small scale to power electronics or on a large scale for electric vehicles or energy storage. These batteries work when oxygen from the air oxidizes zinc, bu...

Feb 27, 2024

You may be breathing in more tiny nanoparticles from your gas stove than from car exhaust

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new Purdue University study has found that cooking on your gas stove can emit more nano-sized particles into the air than vehicles that run on gas or diesel, possibly increasing your risk of developing asthma or other respiratory illnesses.

Feb 27, 2024

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