The NTEC program encourages diverse, student-led teams to apply nanotechnology-based ideas to sustainability challenges in areas like public health, agriculture, clean water, and renewable energy. Winning teams receive seed funds to help develop their idea, as well as business development assistance and mentorship.
Mar 1st, 2018
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Researchers take a materials approach to the application-rich area of steering light beams without moving parts.
Mar 1st, 2018
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Scientists show that single nickel atoms are an efficient, cost-effective catalyst for converting carbon dioxide into useful chemicals.
Mar 1st, 2018
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Scientists are now producing biosensors with graphene electrodes cheaply and simply in roll-to-roll printing. A system prototype for mass production already exists.
Mar 1st, 2018
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Physicists build bizarre molecules called 'Rydberg polarons'.
Feb 28th, 2018
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For the first time, researchers developed a three-dimensional dynamic model of an interaction between light and nanoparticles.
Feb 28th, 2018
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A research team has developed a method enabling effective insertion of large molecules - such as DNA, RNA and proteins - into cells and propels them into the cell nucleus.
Feb 28th, 2018
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Engineers have found a new path in the quest to make safer batteries: they took advantage of a chemical reaction that melds them together safely to create a solid-state battery.
Feb 28th, 2018
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Researchers reach a new understanding of why synthetic 2-D materials often perform orders of magnitude worse than predicted.
Feb 28th, 2018
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The new approach is based on identifying thermal patterns during normal operation of processors in order to identify deviations through hacking or malfunction.
Feb 28th, 2018
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The development and evaluation of DNA origami-based nanorulers enables measurements in the nano cosmos with increasing precision.
Feb 28th, 2018
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The researchers developed magnetically-driven nanoparticles containing thrombin. A drug based on these nanoparticles can be injected intravenously and delivered straight to the site of a vascular injury.
Feb 28th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a hybrid energy storage with high energy and power densities along over a long cycle life by assembling fibre-like polymer chain anodes and sub-nanoscale metal oxide cathodes on graphene.
Feb 28th, 2018
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A research team has recently developed an effective fluorescent sensor for solvent vapor. Their sensor is based on a branched molecule called a dendrimer.
Feb 28th, 2018
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Microresonator-based optical frequency combs enable highly-precise optical distance ranging at a rate of 100 million measurements per second.
Feb 27th, 2018
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Researchers have, for the first time, integrated two technologies widely used in applications such as optical communications, bio-imaging and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) systems that scan the surroundings of self-driving cars and trucks.
Feb 27th, 2018
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