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Gold buckyballs, oft-used nanoparticle 'seeds' found to be one and the same

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Rice University chemists have discovered that tiny gold "seed" particles, a key ingredient in one of the most common nanoparticle recipes, are one and the same as gold buckyballs, 32-atom spherical molecules that are cousins of the carbo...

Aug 14, 2023

Nanoscale material offers new way to control fire

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High-temperature flames are used to create a wide variety of materials—but once you start a fire, it can be difficult to control how the flame interacts with the material you are trying to process. Researchers have now developed a technique that u...

Aug 14, 2023

Novel research could provide better analysis of the role of extracellular vesicles and particles in diseases, cancer

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Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University, is leading innovative research that more effectively traps nanosized extracellular vesicles and particles (EVPs) to analyze their roles in cancer...

Aug 14, 2023

SPIE Optics + Photonics to Host Industry Leaders, Discuss the Best in Tech

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SPIE’s five-day Optics + Photonics trade show and exhibition will return to the San Diego Convention Center Aug. 20-24, with the company exhibition portion scheduled to run Aug. 22-24. Attendees can expect over 2200 presentations in a multitude of...

Aug 14, 2023

Scientists develop an approach to predict the properties of nanomaterials

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Chemists at St. Petersburg University have used big data analysis techniques to predict the photocatalytic properties of zinc oxide nanosheets, i.e. a nanostructured material consisting of particles in the form of thin sheets. The study aimed to s...

Aug 14, 2023

Researchers develop new method for precise atomic-scale manufacturing using electron beams

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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Arizona State University have developed a technique that combines two approaches to nanofabrication - top-down and bottom-up methods - to enable atomic-scale precision manufacturing using a f...

Aug 14, 2023

New Tool Provides Greater Accuracy for Medical Biosensors

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University of Missouri researchers develop an innovative method using nanopores to help scientists advance their discoveries in neuroscience, other medical applications involving biosensors.

Aug 14, 2023

Unlocking Twistronics: Ribbons of Graphene Push the Material’s Potential

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A new technique developed at Columbia offers a systematic evaluation of twist angle and strain in layered 2D materials.

Aug 13, 2023

Researchers develop method to program twist angles and strain profiles in 2D materials

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Researchers from Columbia University, Technical University of Denmark, Aarhus University, Université Paris-Saclay and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have designed a simple fabrication technique that could help study the fund...

Aug 13, 2023

Rethinking Sound in Space: Physicists Demonstrate How Sound Can Cross the Vacuum

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The iconic movie Alien once claimed: “In space, no one can hear you scream.” However, physicists Zhuoran Geng and Ilari Maasilta from the Nanoscience Center at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, beg to differ. Their recent research suggests tha...

Aug 12, 2023

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