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Research charts the way to more reliable carbon-based microelectronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Carbon nanotubes – cylindrical formations of carbon atoms with incredible strength and electrical conductivity – hold great promise for creating new micron-scale low-power electronic devices.

Jun 15, 2018

Camouflaged nanoparticles used to deliver killer protein to cancer

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A biomimetic nanosystem can deliver therapeutic proteins to selectively target cancerous tumors, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

Jun 15, 2018

Nanotechnology research charts the way to more reliable carbon-based microelectronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of mechanical and materials engineers has devised a method for identifying performance variabilities in transistors made from carbon nanotube networks.

Jun 15, 2018

Graphene makes its mark on gas separation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers overcame the theoretical limiting performance of membranes in gas separation. This research has potential applications in hydrogen purification and carbon capture and storage.

Jun 15, 2018

Camouflaged nanoparticles used to deliver killer protein to cancer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A biomimetic nanosystem can deliver therapeutic proteins to selectively target cancerous tumors, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

Jun 15, 2018

Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers of the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB-UAB) have generated four peptides, molecules smaller than proteins, capable of self-assembling in a controlled manner to form nanomaterials. The research, published in the journal ...

Jun 15, 2018

New explosive could render toxic TNT obsolete

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

It looks as if the days of the venerable explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) are numbered as researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the US Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland develop a new explosive that has th...

Jun 15, 2018

Flying spiders sense meteorological conditions, use nanoscale fibers to float on the wind: The crab spider spins out tens of fine silk fibers for its aerial dispersal

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Spiders take flight on the smallest of breezes by first sensing the wind, and then spinning out dozens of nanoscale fibers up to seven meters long, according to a new study.

Jun 14, 2018

Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers fabricate four molecules of only seven amino acids with the ability to self-assemble and rapidly and inexpensively form nanomaterials for biomedical and nanotechnological purposes. Inspired on a type of natural assembly seen in amyloid...

Jun 14, 2018

Quantum transfer at the push of a button

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In the new quantum information technologies, fragile quantum states have to be transferred between distant quantum bits. Researchers have now realized such a quantum transmission between two solid-state qubits at the push of a button.

Jun 14, 2018

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