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Hidden Nanocrystals Discovered in Well-Preserved Hydrothermal Vent Precipitates Hold Clues on Origins of Life on Earth

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanocrystals uncovered from primitive rocks in Western Australia provide insights into the formation of essential building blocks of life on Earth. Continue reading the article to find out more.

Feb 7, 2024

DARPA Seeks to Harness Novel Light-matter Hybrids Like Photonic Molecules and Photon Fluids

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

DARPA will give an information session on the Photon-Efficient Nanoscale Optical Metrology (PhENOM) Disruption Opportunity. Photon-Efficient Nanoscale Optical Metrology (PhENOM), seeks to harness novel light-matter hybrids, such as photonic molecu...

Feb 7, 2024

Momentary Fusion Breakthroughs Face Hard Reality

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The dream of fusion power inched closer to reality in December 2022, when researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) revealed that a fusion reaction had produced more energy than what was required to kick-start it. According to n...

Feb 6, 2024

Robotic Tongue Licks Gecko Gripper Clean

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

About a decade ago, there was a lot of excitement in the robotics world around gecko-inspired directional adhesives, which are materials that stick without being sticky using the same van der Waals forces that allow geckos to scamper around on ver...

Feb 6, 2024

Researchers reveal elusive bottleneck holding back global effort to convert carbon dioxide waste into usable products

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Think of it as recycling on the nanoscale: a tantalizing electrochemical process that can harvest carbon before it becomes air pollution and restructure it into the components of everyday products. The drive to capture airborne carbon dioxide from...

Feb 6, 2024

Guanine synthesis yields new insights into nitrogen's role in nanocarbon catalysis

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Recently, carbon-based catalysts—especially nitrogen-doped nanocarbons—have emerged as sustainable, reliable alternatives to the metal catalysts traditionally used to support chemical reactions.

Feb 6, 2024

Researchers reveal elusive bottleneck holding back global effort to convert carbon dioxide waste into usable products

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Think of it as recycling on the nanoscale: a tantalizing electrochemical process that can harvest carbon before it becomes air pollution and restructure it into the components of everyday products.

Feb 6, 2024

Structural isomerization of individual molecules using a scanning tunneling microscope probe

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team has succeeded for the first time in controlling the chirality of individual molecules through structural isomerization. The team, led by NIMS, the Osaka University Graduate School of Science and the Kanazawa Universi...

Feb 6, 2024

Nanomedicine advancement shows potential for personalized point-of-care therapeutics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Stefan Wilhelm, an associate professor in the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, and several students in his Biomedical Nano-Engineering Lab have recently published an article in the journal Nano Letters tha...

Feb 6, 2024

Building a DNA nanoparticle to be both carrier and medicine

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have been making nanoparticles out of DNA strands for two decades, manipulating the bonds that maintain DNA's double-helical shape to sculpt self-assembling structures that could someday have jaw-dropping medical applications.

Feb 6, 2024

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