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Researchers observe increase in activity of neurons grown on single layer of graphene

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A work led by SISSA and published on Nature Nanotechnology reports for the first time experimentally the phenomenon of ion 'trapping' by graphene carpets and its effect on the communication between neurons.

Jun 13, 2018

Energetic Performance of TNT Improved by Aluminium Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Army scientists have demonstrated that energetic performance can be considerably improved by mixing TNT with aluminum nanoparticles. It is anticipated that this explosive finding will increase the...

Jun 12, 2018

Graphene carpets: So neurons communicate better

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have experimentally observed the phenomenon of ion 'trapping' by graphene carpets and its effect on the communication between neurons. The researchers have observed an increase in the activity of nerve cells grown on a single layer of g...

Jun 12, 2018

New optical sensor can determine if molecules are left or right 'handed'

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team has designed a nanostructured optical sensor that for the first time can efficiently detect molecular chirality -- a property of molecular spatial twist that defines its biochemical properties.

Jun 12, 2018

New optical sensor can determine if molecules are left or right 'handed'

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have designed a nanostructured optical sensor that for the first time can efficiently detect molecular chirality - a property of molecular spatial twist that defines its biochemical properties.

Jun 12, 2018

Neurons communicate better with graphene carpets

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Research reveals that graphene can strengthen neuronal activity, confirming the unique properties of this nanomaterial.

Jun 12, 2018

Does nanoconfinement affect the interaction between two materials placed in contact?

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists show that is it possible to estimate how nanoconfinement affects the number of contacts formed by two materials placed in intimate contact and, hence, the interfacial interactions. They considered wafers of silicon, as those largely use...

Jun 12, 2018

Silicon-perovskite solar cell cracks new efficiency record

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Silicon has long been the go-to material for solar cell technology, and for good reason: It's inexpensive, it's stable and it's efficient. Unfortunately in that last regard silicon is fast approaching its theoretical limit, but pairing it ...

Jun 12, 2018

Intel Starts Testing Smallest ‘Spin Qubit’ Chip for Quantum Computing

Business Wire   -   General News Websites

HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intel researchers are taking new steps toward quantum computers by testing a tiny new “spin qubit” chip. The new chip was created in Intel’s D1D Fab in Oregon using the same silicon manufacturing techniques that t...

Jun 11, 2018

華碩宣布推出新款VivoBook S15 (S530)和S14 (S430)

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加州夫利蒙和臺灣臺北--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(美國商業資訊)--華碩今日發布了兩款專為年輕人及心態年輕的使用者而設計的時尚輕便筆記型電腦VivoBook S15 (S530)和S14 (S430)。這兩款筆記型電腦均採用大膽的撞色設計,提供五種鮮亮的配色選擇,且搭配多種紋理飾面,讓使用者充分表達個性,放飛自我。ErgoLift軸承再現桌上型電腦鍵盤上打字的感覺,打字更舒適,而全新的三面NanoEdge顯示器設計則創造身臨其境的觀看體驗。S15和S14均由最新的第8代Intel...

Jun 11, 2018

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