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Hybrid bio-inorganic system for water splitting

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a novel Ni nanoparticles-embedded N-doped carbon nanotubes (Ni@N-C) complex for hydrogen evolution reaction.

Jul 23, 2018

Fastest-spinning manmade object clocks 60 billion rpm

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

The fastest-spinning manmade object has been created in a lab at Purdue University. This microscopic rotor is made up of two silica nanoparticles stuck together to form a "dumbbell," and by hitting it with laser light the team has sent it ...

Jul 23, 2018

Tata will stop selling the 'world's cheapest car'

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Tata's Nano was supposed to start a revolution in automotive design when it was unveiled in 2008 as the world's cheapest car. In theory, it opened the door to vehicle ownership for people who'd otherwise have to spring for ...

Jul 23, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Princeton-UPenn research team finds physics treasure hidden in a wallpaper pattern

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international team of scientists has discovered a new, exotic form of insulating material with a metallic surface that could enable more efficient electronics or even quantum computing. The researc...

Jul 22, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Relax, just break it

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The properties of a solid depend on the arrangement of its atoms, which form a periodic crystal structure. At the nanoscale, arrangements that break this periodic structure can drastically alter the b...

Jul 21, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Roll-to-Roll Nanoforming of Metals Using Laser-Induced Superplasticity Debkalpa Goswami , Juan C. Munera, Aniket Pal, Behnam Sadri, Caio Lui P. G. Scarpetti, Ramses V. Martinez Purdue University...

Jul 21, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: World's fastest man-made spinning object could help study quantum mechanics

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Optically Levitated Nanodumbbell Torsion Balance and GHz Nanomechanical Rotor Jonghoon Ahn, Zhujing Xu, Jaehoon Bang, Yu-Aao Deng, Thai M. Hoang, Qinkai Han, Ren-Min Ma, Tongcang Li Levitated op...

Jul 21, 2018

Sometimes Quantum computers do not need to distinguish between cause and effect at all | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have shown that a quantum computer does not need the arrow of time like a classical computer. In some cases, it’s as if the quantum computer doesn’t need to distinguish between cause and effect at all. The new work is inspi...

Jul 21, 2018

If biotech succeeds with aging reversal, regeneration and radically improved gene therapy | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Our lives and the world would undergo the highest amount of radical change if certain biotech research succeeds. Mobile internet, ecommerce, cloud computing and internet of things can make a lot of people rich and help grow the world economy but t...

Jul 21, 2018

Toxicity of carbon and silicon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles with a wide range of applying, including medicine, damage cells of microalgae Heterosigma akashivo badly. This algae species is widely spread in the Russian Far East marine area. The acute toxic effect exhibited at concentrations of...

Jul 20, 2018

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