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A novel technique to observe colloidal particle degradation in real time

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In the early 2000s, scientists from the UK made a worrisome discovery that the oceans are teeming with small particles of plastic (less than one millimeter in length) due to the continuous degradation of plastic waste. These microscopic particles ...

Jun 14, 2023

Comparing Tesla Master Plan 3 with Rockefeller's Standard Oil | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

John Rockefeller and Standard Oil created a new oil based economy. There are a lot of similarities with what Elon And Tesla are doing. Rockefeller was laser focused on reducing costs and waste. Rockefeller used a lot of vertical and horizontal int...

Jun 14, 2023

KISS: A New Way To Easily Produce Large, Clean 2D Materials

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Nearly two decades have passed since the advent of graphene, the two-dimensional variant of graphite, which has significantly amplified interest in 2D materials due to...

Jun 14, 2023

New images capture unseen details of the synapse

Medical Xpress   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D images of the synapse, the important juncture where neurons communicate with each other through an exchange of chemical signals. These nanometer-scale models will help scientists better understan...

Jun 14, 2023

New technique in error-prone quantum computing makes classical computers sweat

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Despite steady improvements in quantum computers, they're still noisy and error-prone, which leads to questionable or wrong answers. Scientists predict that they won't truly outcompete today's "classical" supercomputers fo...

Jun 14, 2023

SpaceX Transporter-8 delivers 6 NanoAvionics satellites to orbit

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Jun 14, 2023 Kongsberg NanoAvionics recently announced a significant accomplishment in the field of space technology as SpaceX's Transporter-8 mission successfully placed six of its satellites into orbit. Among the...

Jun 14, 2023

Graphene’s 'cousin' makes a switchable topological insulator – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A two-dimensional form of the element germanium could make electronics faster and more energy efficient The post Graphene’s ‘cousin’ makes a switchable topological insulator appeared first on Physics World.

Jun 14, 2023

Physicists design metamaterials with built-in frustration for mechanical memory

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Researchers from the UvA Institute of Physics and ENS de Lyon have discovered how to design materials that necessarily have a point or line where the material doesn't deform under stress, and that even remember how they have been poked or squ...

Jun 14, 2023

Metamaterials with built-in frustration have mechanical memory

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered how to design materials that necessarily have a point or line where the material doesn't deform under stress, and that even remember how they have been poked or squeezed in the past. These results could be used in ...

Jun 14, 2023

Sonodynamic immunotherapy proves effective in pancreatic cancer treatment

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Ultrasound is a promising technique for treating cancer. Unlike laser light, used in photodynamic cancer therapy, ultrasound waves can reach deep into tissue—up to 12 cm—to treat deep tumors without damaging healthy cells. A team of researchers re...

Jun 14, 2023

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