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The Solar Cell Discovery Machine

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

With the aid of crystals known as perovskites, solar cells are increasingly breaking records in how well they convert sunlight to electricity. Now a new automated system could make those records fall even faster. North Carolina State University’s ...

Aug 1, 2023

'Andreev chemistry' on a nanowire: Researchers generate superconducting pair states separated by grown barriers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Basel and Lund University have generated superconducting pair states of electrons on several segments of a nanowire, separated by grown barriers. Depending on the height of the barriers, these pair states can be co...

Aug 1, 2023

Nanopore technology achieves breakthrough in protein variant detection

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of scientists led by the University of Oxford have achieved a significant breakthrough in detecting modifications on protein structures. The method, published in Nature Nanotechnology, employs innovative nanopore technology to identify stru...

Aug 1, 2023

Using sound waves to image nanostructures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The potential of an ultrafast form of transmission electron microscopy to measure sound waves in nanostructures has been demonstrated by three RIKEN physicists. This could help realize a high-resolution imaging method that uses ultrahigh-frequency...

Aug 1, 2023

Nanopore technology achieves breakthrough in protein variant detection

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Protein chains are fed through an engineered nanopore, with subtle variations in structure detected through the modulation of tiny electrical currents.

Aug 1, 2023

Nanopore technology achieves breakthrough in protein variant detection

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in detecting modifications on protein structures. The method employs innovative nanopore technology to identify structural variations at the single-molecule level, even deep within long protein c...

Aug 1, 2023

Enhancing Hydrogen Production with Nanoneedles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The efficient, low-cost synthesis of hydrogen is a critical step in the creation of new, sustainable energy sources. A practical method for creating hydrogen is electrochemical water splitting, which uses an electrocatalyst to separate water into ...

Aug 1, 2023

Water-Durable Perovskite-Oxynitride Supported Nickel Catalysts for Ammonia Decomposition

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

The ammonia decomposition performance of nickel-based catalysts can be significantly improved by supporting them on a perovskite-type oxynitride like h-BaTiO3−xNy, demonstrate researchers from Tokyo Tech in a new study. They found that replacing o...

Aug 1, 2023

Nano-Immune Magnetic Beads Developed To Bind to SARS-CoV-2, Provides Rapid and Effective Method of Testing COVID-19 Virus

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A group of researchers developed a rapid and effective method of testing SARS-CoV-2 virus using a novel nano-immune magnetic bead. Learn more about their innovation in this article.

Aug 1, 2023

New Laser Technique Enables Precise Fabrication of Nanoscale Photonic Crystals

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The light control performance of photonic crystals is closely related to their lattice constant, which typically requires the lattice constant to be in the same order of magnitude as the working wavelength. In crystal materials, the photonic cryst...

Aug 1, 2023

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