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Researchers achieve efficient nutrient delivery to crop leaves through nanomaterial surface roughness engineering

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A team led by Prof. Wang Guozhong and Zhou Hongjian from the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has successfully utilized surface roughness engineering of ...

Sep 6, 2023

The first microrobots capable of navigating within groups of cells and stimulating individual cells

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A group of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed the world's first microrobot ("microbot") capable of navigating within groups of cells and stimulating individual cells. Berna Özkale Edelmann, a profe...

Sep 6, 2023

Novel Titanium Dioxide Catalyst Support for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A chemically stable titanium dioxide electrode decorated with silver nanoparticles shows promise for converting carbon dioxide reduction into useful resources.

Sep 6, 2023

Atomically-precise quantum antidots via vacancy self-assembly

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists demonstrated a conceptual breakthrough by fabricating atomically precise quantum antidots using self-assembled single vacancies in a two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide.

Sep 6, 2023

New Photon Polarizer Lights Way to Quantum Communications

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a technique that can produce polarized photons more easily and cheaply than existing methods. The technique uses an atomic force microscope to form indentations in a two-layer stack of a...

Sep 5, 2023

Terahertz SNOM Microscope: New Tool Helps Improve Key Quantum Computing Circuit

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists utilized the terahertz SNOM microscope to detect flaws in quantum computing circuits, specifically in the nano Josephson Junction. Addressing these defects is essential for optimizing quantum computing’s faster processing capabilities.

Sep 5, 2023

Team discovers thousands of new transformable knots

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Knots are used in all sorts of ways, every day. They ensure safety both indoors and for outdoor activities such as boating or sailing, are used as surgical sutures, as decorations, and they can even be found at nanoscales in nature, for example in...

Sep 5, 2023

Photoanode with multilayered nanostructure developed for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

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Hematite (α-Fe2O3) is considered one of the most promising materials for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting under solar light. However, the drawbacks of lower charge transfer efficiency and slow oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics lim...

Sep 5, 2023

Atomically-precise quantum antidots via vacancy self-assembly

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists demonstrated a conceptual breakthrough by fabricating atomically precise quantum antidots using self-assembled single vacancies in a two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide.

Sep 5, 2023

Novel titanium dioxide catalyst support for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Carbon dioxide can be electrocatalytically reduced to useful resources using conventional catalysts such as gold or lead supported on conductive carbon. However, the high pH environment near electrodes often degrades the catalyst support, renderin...

Sep 5, 2023

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