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A reimagined future for sustainable nanomaterials: Study may 'pave the way for sustainable nanotechnologies'

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Engineered nanomaterials hold great promise for medicine, electronics, water treatment, and other fields. But when the materials are designed without critical information about environmental impacts at the start of the process, their long-term eff...

May 1, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - News Story: MEET THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NANOTECHNOLOGY THAT REVOLUTIONIZED DENTAL CARE

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She wasnt aiming to make history. But in the late 1990s, when Sumita Mitra, a chemist at 3M, began to use nanotechnology to improve dental fillings, thats exactly what happened. Now found in denta...

May 1, 2018

A reimagined future for sustainable nanomaterials

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Engineered nanomaterials hold great promise for medicine, electronics, water treatment, and other fields. But when the materials are designed without critical information about environmental impacts at the start of the process, their long-term eff...

May 1, 2018

Stage-diving with biomolecules improves optical microscopy

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Physicists from Dresden and Würzburg have developed a novel method for optical microscopy, obtaining high-resolution images using biological motors and single quantum dots.

May 1, 2018

'Exceptional' research points way toward quantum discoveries: Scientists make tunable light-matter couplings in nanotube films

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Scientists use nanotube films and polarized light to strongly couple light and matter progressively and on demand at room temperature. Their technique could help scientists who study data storage and the manipulation of light at quantum levels.

Apr 30, 2018

Butterfly wings inspire light-manipulating surface for medical implants: Nanoscale structures based on ones found in nature make eye implants more effective and last longer

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Nanostructures inspired by transparent butterfly wings help eye implants function better and safely avoid biofouling.

Apr 30, 2018

Stagediving with biomolecules improves optical microscopy

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Physicists have developed a novel method for optical microscopy. Using biological motors and single quantum dots, they acquire ultra-high-resolution images.

Apr 30, 2018

Butterfly wings inspire light-manipulating surface for medical implants

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Inspired by tiny nanostructures on transparent butterfly wings, engineers at Caltech have developed a synthetic analogue for eye implants that makes them more effective and longer-lasting. A paper about the research was published in Nature Nanotec...

Apr 30, 2018

Magnetic nanoparticles leap from lab bench to breast cancer clinical trials

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Sandia National Laboratories materials chemist Dale Huber has been working on the challenge of making iron-based nanoparticles the exact same size for 15 years.

Apr 30, 2018

Nanoparticles developed to improve magnetic resonance scan images

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Researchers at the Chemical Technology Institute (ITQ) of the Unviersitat Politècnica de València and collaborating institutions have developed nanoparticles that improve the contrast in magnetic resonance scan images. Measuring 90 nanometres, the...

Apr 30, 2018

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