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Diamond dust found to be cause of strange space signals

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Here on Earth, 80 years of advertising has told us that diamonds are special, but our shiny stones have nothing on the weird and wonderful forms seen out in space. Diamonds in meteorites tell the tale of long-lost worlds, it might actually...

Jun 13, 2018

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

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