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Nanomaterials Feb 1, 2024

Study unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production

A team of Rice University researchers mapped out how flecks of 2D materials move in liquid ⎯ knowledge that could help scientists assemble macroscopic-scale materials with the same useful properties as their 2D counterparts.

Analytical Chemistry Jan 31, 2024

A new nose-like sensor sniffs out toxic ammonia gas

Engineers in Australia have developed a small ammonia gas sensor that could enable safer hydrogen storage and specialized medical diagnostic devices.

Bio & Medicine Jan 31, 2024

Scientists develop antiviral color nanocoating technology

Since the onset of COVID-19, we've become accustomed to seeing antiviral films attached to elevator buttons and public transportation handles. However, conventional antiviral films are made by mixing antiviral metal particles ...

Nanomaterials Jan 31, 2024

Machine learning guides carbon nanotechnology

Carbon nanostructures could become easier to design and synthesize thanks to a machine learning method that predicts how they grow on metal surfaces. The new approach, developed by researchers at Japan's Tohoku University ...

Nanomaterials Jan 30, 2024

Ultrathin membranes for uncovering the atomic scale problem in operando conditions

When someone comes up with the word "magnify," it is referring either to making distant objects closer or making small objects bigger on a tangible scale. There is no doubt that the power of magnifying instruments, regardless ...

Plants & Animals Jan 29, 2024

First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white may help solve longstanding mystery in shark science

Great whites, the largest predatory sharks in the world with the most fatal attacks on humans, are tough to imagine as newborn babies. That is partially because no one has seen one in the wild, it seems, until now.

Nanophysics Jan 26, 2024

Discovery of high order skyrmions and antiskyrmions

Researchers at the University of Augsburg and the University of Vienna have discovered co-existing magnetic skyrmions and antiskyrmions of arbitrary topological charge at room temperature in magnetic Co/Ni multilayer thin ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 25, 2024

Study shows cells respond quickly to small light-induced micro-environment movements

Life sciences and photonics researchers at Tampere University have made a remarkable discovery in studying superficial cells' response to mechanical stimuli. By simulating the deformation of the extracellular matrix below ...

General Physics Jan 25, 2024

Team accomplishes precise measurements of the heaviest atoms

An international research team has successfully conducted ultra-precise X-ray spectroscopic measurements of helium-like uranium. The team, which includes researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Helmholtz ...

Astronomy Jan 24, 2024

Microwave detectors and multiplexing: Researchers help astronomers examine the early universe

Perched atop a high plateau in Chile's Atacama Desert, a long-awaited observatory is beginning to take shape: the largest suite of ground-based telescopes devoted to studying the oldest light in the universe: radiation left ...

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