Researchers have developed a new water filtration system that is superior to existing systems in many respects: it is extremely efficient at removing various toxic heavy metal ions and radioactive substances from water and can even be used in gold recovery.
Jan 25th, 2016
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A thin coating of graphene nanoribbons in epoxy has proven effective at melting ice on a helicopter blade.
Jan 25th, 2016
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Biomedical engineering researchers have developed a technique for creating microscopic 'depots' for trapping drugs inside cancer tumors. In an animal model, these drug depots were 10 times more effective at shrinking tumors than the use of the same drugs without the depots.
Jan 25th, 2016
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Erst der Kern, dann die Schale: Chemiker haben den schrittweisen Aufbau von Metallcluster-Verbindungen verfolgt, das sind kleinste Ausschnitte von Metallen in molekularer Form.
Jan 25th, 2016
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Researchers, through their precise measurement of current fluctuations in quantum liquids in an artificial atom created by nanotechnology, succeeded in elucidating theoretically-predicted behavior of quantum liquid in a non-equilibrium regime.
Jan 25th, 2016
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A team of researchers demonstrated a new way to turn initially transparent nanoparticles suddenly into strong absorbers for intense laser light and let them explode.
Jan 23rd, 2016
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Researchers describe the first technique for stacking layers of block-copolymer wires such that the wires in one layer naturally orient themselves perpendicularly to those in the layer below.
Jan 22nd, 2016
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A standard kitchen microwave proved effective as part of a two-step process to clean carbon nanotubes.
Jan 22nd, 2016
Read moreIn a discovery that may lead to ways to prevent frost on airplane parts, condenser coils, and even windshields, a team of researchers has used chemical micropatterns to control the growth of frost caused by condensation.
Jan 22nd, 2016
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By blowing extremely small bubbles, researchers have found an efficient way of producing so-called liposomes - microscopic bubble-like structures often used to deliver medicine, but also a key to generating artificial cells.
Jan 22nd, 2016
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Results may help improve efficiency of solar cells, energy-harvesting devices.
Jan 22nd, 2016
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There are many different ways to make nanomaterials but weaving, the oldest and most enduring method of making fabrics, has not been one of them - until now.
Jan 22nd, 2016
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A simple procedure turns bulk graphite crystals into atomically thin super materials and magnetically aligned gels.
Jan 22nd, 2016
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Researchers have demonstrated the transfer of triplet exciton energy from semiconductor nanocrystals to surface-bound molecular acceptors, extending the lifetime of the originally prepared excited state by six orders of magnitude.
Jan 21st, 2016
Read moreFor the first time, scientists have been able to weave a material at molecular level.
Jan 21st, 2016
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A systematic computer simulation study has led to predictions about how water molecules freeze into a single layer of ice.
Jan 21st, 2016
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