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Graphene-silicon dioxide composite enables optical tractor beam that can pull macroscopic objects via laser light

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from QingDao University of Science and Technology have created a proof-of-concept optical tractor beam that can pull macroscopic objects via laser light. 

Jan 15, 2023

A (South) African perspective on nanomedicine development

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanotechnology has the ability to completely transform the health care sector, particularly in developing countries like South Africa, where access to effective healthcare is still a challenge for millions of people living in poverty-stricken envi...

Jan 15, 2023

Introducing COSMOCAT: Removing the need to send decryption keys

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

State-of-the-art information security methods are likely to be compromised by emerging technologies such as quantum computers. One of the reasons they are vulnerable is that both encrypted messages and the keys to decrypt them must be sent from se...

Jan 14, 2023

New nanowire sensors are the next step in the Internet of Things

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new miniscule nitrogen dioxide sensor could help protect the environment from vehicle pollutants that cause lung disease and acid rain.

Jan 14, 2023

AI discovers new nanostructures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists used artificial intelligence to rapidly discover new self-assembled nanostructures.

Jan 14, 2023

Unconventional experiments produce new nanoscale particles with big potential

Pennsylvania State University   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Hundreds of new nanoparticles with previously unknown features have been produced using an innovative experimental approach by a Penn State research team.

Jan 13, 2023

NASA Studies Aerogel Fission Fragment Rocket 200X Better ISP Than Chemical | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

NASA NIAC phase 1 studies development of a nuclear fission fragment rocket engine (FFRE) that is exponentially more propellent efficient than rocket engines currently used to power today’s space vehicles and could achieve very high specific impuls...

Jan 13, 2023

AI discovers new nanostructures

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have successfully demonstrated that autonomous methods can discover new materials. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technique led to the discovery of three new nanostructures, including a first-of-its-kind nanoscale 'ladder....

Jan 13, 2023

The world in grains of interstellar dust

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Understanding how dust grains form in interstellar gas could offer significant insights to astronomers and help materials scientists develop useful nanoparticles.

Jan 13, 2023

Artificial intelligence discovers new nanostructures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have successfully demonstrated that autonomous methods can discover new materials. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technique led to the discovery of th...

Jan 13, 2023

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