Using artificial intelligence to analyse vast amounts of data in atomic-scale images, researchers answered long-standing questions about an emerging type of rechargeable battery posing competition to lithium-ion chemistry.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Compact, inexpensive tunable lenses could be useful for portable medical diagnostics, miniature cameras and more.
Feb 17th, 2022
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New findings enable first direct, real-time images of radiation-sensitive soft nanomaterials in organic solvents.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Researchers have developed optical nanoantennas that can be turned on/off and gradually tuned by applying electrical potentials. The study opens for applications including dynamic flat metaoptics and tuneable smart materials.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Researchers have used molecular modelling methods to investigate the movement of nano-sized plastics in membrane structures. The results indicate that for some microplastics, passive transport through the cell membrane may be a significant gateway into the cell.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Scientists have discovered an abnormally strong absorption of light in magnetised graphene. The effect appears upon the conversion of normal electromagnetic waves into ultra-slow surface waves running along graphene.
Feb 17th, 2022
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This promising process works by modifying the internal structure of a material, called graphene oxide, to make it more conducive to regenerating bone tissue.
Feb 16th, 2022
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A pH-sensitive drug delivery system in T cells using C-terminal dendrimers with Phenylalanine.
Feb 16th, 2022
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Breakthrough Starshot plans to send microscopic probes to Alpha Centauri using lightsails. Previous conceptions of these structures have imagined them being passively pushed by light from the sun, but Starshot's laser-based approach requires rethinking the sail's shape and composition so it won't melt or tear during acceleration to relativistic speeds.
Feb 16th, 2022
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A new analysis offers guidance on the size of nanoparticles that could be most effective at stopping internal bleeding.
Feb 16th, 2022
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Researchers use a tiny thermometer to directly monitor changes in temperature when ions pass through a nanopore, which may lead to more efficient DNA sequencing technology.
Feb 16th, 2022
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Simulations have led to the fabrication of a polymer-DNA gel that could be used in tissue regeneration and robotics.
Feb 16th, 2022
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First experimental realization of energetic ions driven by intense laser irradiating the world's thinnest and strongest target.
Feb 16th, 2022
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A nanomaterials-engineered penetrating sealer is able to better protect concrete from moisture and salt - the two most damaging factors in crumbling concrete infrastructure in northern states.
Feb 16th, 2022
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Researchers report the preparation of a moisture sensitive graphene oxide soft robot by combining direct ink writing and constrained drying. To do so, they realized a uniform 3D macrostructure with graphene oxide nanosheets highly aligned and compacted inside.
Feb 16th, 2022
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Novel findings have been published about the development of a new metastable-phase synthesis method, which can drastically improve the physical properties of various materials.
Feb 15th, 2022
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