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Graphene Stimulator Paves Way for Optical Pacemakers, Smart Opioids, and Electronic Cancer Killers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Scientists dream big with the invention of a new graphene-based remote control for cell behavior

May 18, 2018

Graphene Stimulator Paves Way for Optical Pacemakers, Smart Opioids, and Electronic Cancer Killers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Scientists dream big with the invention of a new graphene-based remote control for cell behavior

May 18, 2018

Solar Sails and Electric sails | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

With composite booms, the NASA principal investigator believes we could make 1000 to 4000 square meter solar sails today with a funded project. Then with the learnings from that mission we could rapidly advance to 10,000 square meter solar sails. ...

May 18, 2018

Researchers operate lab-grown heart cells by remote control: Graphene surface allows researchers to control cell behavior with light -- a technique that could speed the search for more precise, less toxic therapeutic drugs

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a technique that allows them to speed up or slow down human heart cells growing in a dish on command -- simply by shining a light on them and varying its intensity. The cells are grown on a material called graphene, whic...

May 18, 2018

Diamond 'spin-off' tech could lead to low-cost medical imaging and drug discovery tools: Researchers exploit tiny defects in diamonds to pave the way for enhanced biological imaging and drug studies

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An international team has discovered how to exploit defects in nanoscale and microscale diamonds and potentially enhance the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance systems while eliminating the need for their cost...

May 18, 2018

Researchers operate lab-grown heart cells by remote control

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and their collaborators have developed a technique that allows them to speed up or slow down human heart cells growing in a dish on command—simply by shining a light on them and ...

May 18, 2018

Quantum Scarring Theory Could Lead Way to Extended Quantum State

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Leeds and in cooperation with the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and the University of Geneva, has provided a theoretical explanation for the unusual behavior of individua...

May 18, 2018

Robotic assembly of the world's smallest house -- Even a mite doesn't fit through the door! Nanorobotics team demonstrates their new capability to manufacture optical nanotechnologies

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A nanorobotics team has assembled a new microrobotics system that pushes forward the frontiers of optical nanotechnologies. Combining several existing technologies, the newly developed nanofactory builds microstructures in a large vacuum chamber a...

May 18, 2018

Positron Dynamics Antimatter propulsion drive update April 2018 | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Positron Dynamics gave an overview and update on their Antimatter propulsion work. They are slowing the positrons that are generated. Krypton isotopes to generate hot positrons. Use their system to moderate the positrons so they can be used. They ...

May 18, 2018

A soft solution to the hard problem of energy storage

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

It's great in the lab, but will it actually work? That's the million-dollar question perpetually leveled at engineering researchers. For a family of layered nanomaterials, developed and studied at Drexel University—and heralded as the future of en...

May 18, 2018

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