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Super sapphire nanostructures resist scratches, glare, fog and dust
A phone screen you can't scratch no matter how many times you drop it; glasses that prevent glare; a windshield that doesn't get dusty. These are all possibilities thanks to a new way to produce sapphire.
Nanomaterials
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A new way to engineer composite materials: Polymer design combines strength with reversibility
Composite adhesives like epoxy resins are excellent tools for joining and filling materials including wood, metal, and concrete. But there's one problem: once a composite sets, it's there forever. Now there's a better way. ...
Nanophysics
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Precision cancer treatment using magnet-guided, heat-activated nanoparticles
Traditionally, radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery have been the most common ways to remove and destroy malignant cells. However, because these treatments can also damage healthy cells, they often have significant side effects. ...
Bio & Medicine
9 hours ago
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Quantum dot discovery for LEDs brings brighter, more eco-friendly displays
New research by Curtin University has achieved a breakthrough in eco-friendly display technology, creating highly efficient and stable blue quantum dot LEDs (QLEDs) that could power the next generation of televisions, smartphones, ...
Nanophysics
10 hours ago
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The power of confinement: How tiny nanotubes can squeeze new materials into being
An international research project, led by The University of Warwick and the University of Lille, has used nanotube compression to transform the underlying chemistry and physics of a compound, creating a promising new one-dimensional ...
Nanophysics
11 hours ago
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Nanoparticle immune therapy shows potential to halt pancreatic cancer spread
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging tumors to treat, partly because it is often discovered at advanced stages when the disease has already spread, or metastasized. About half of pancreatic cancer patients ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 5, 2025
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Damaged but not defeated: Bacteria use nano-spearguns to retaliate against attacks
Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers at the University of Basel have mimicked attacks by poking bacteria with an ultra-sharp tip. Using this approach, they have uncovered that ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 5, 2025
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Nanodiamonds in water droplets boost quantum sensing precision
Combine a garden-variety green laser, microwaves with roughly the energy of your wi-fi, and some diamond dust in drops of water, and what do you get? A precise chemical detection tool.
Nanophysics
Mar 5, 2025
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New synthesis technology for single-crystal 2D semiconductors could spawn next-generation devices
A research team has successfully developed a new synthesis technology for 2D semiconductors. This technique enables the direct growth of wafer-scale single-crystal 2D semiconductors on various substrates. The research is ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 5, 2025
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Innovations in core-shell nanoparticles advance drug delivery and precision medicine
A review in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology explores how core-shell nanoparticles could revolutionize drug delivery systems and play a key role in advancing personalized and precision medicine.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 5, 2025
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3D imaging technique captures dynamic atomic shifts in nanoparticles, revealing unexpected structural phases
A research team from Seoul National University College of Engineering has developed a technology to observe atomic structural changes of nanoparticles in three dimensions. Their study, which resolves a long-standing challenge ...
Nanophysics
Mar 4, 2025
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Single-qubit sensing puts new spin on quantum materials discovery
Working at nanoscale dimensions, a team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed a new way to measure high-speed fluctuations in magnetic materials. Knowledge obtained by these ...
Nanophysics
Mar 4, 2025
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Battery waste and kitchen foil create nanocatalyst for CO₂ to methane fuel conversion
Battery waste is a serious environmental problem: It contains substances that pose a threat to both human health and ecosystems. At the same time, however, batteries also contain valuable materials such as nickel, which we ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 4, 2025
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Low-cost, palladium-based nanosheet catalyst matches platinum's performance in hydrogen production
Hydrogen energy is emerging as a key driver of a clean, sustainable future, offering a zero-emission alternative to fossil fuels. Although it is promising, the large-scale production of hydrogen relies heavily on expensive ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 4, 2025
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Optimized triboelectric nanogenerator can monitor abnormal gait in teenagers
A team dedicated to designing energy conversion devices, led by Weilin Chen from Northeast Normal University in Changchun, recently designed a triboelectric nanogenerator based on changing the nanomorphology of polyoxometalates ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 4, 2025
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Turning pollution into power: New method transforms carbon nanoparticles from emissions into renewable energy catalysts
We have developed a breakthrough method to convert carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) from vehicular emissions into high-performance electrocatalysts. This innovation provides a sustainable approach to pollution management and energy ...
Extracellular vesicles that guide zebrafish embryonic development may have potential for human medicine
During the first 72 hours in particular, extracellular vesicles—nanoparticles enclosed in cell membranes—play a significant role in the embryonic development of zebrafish.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 3, 2025
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Antiferromagnetic neuromorphic memory: New spintronic device achieves brain-like memory and processing
A research team led by Prof. Long Shibing from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has, for the first time, made spintronic neuromorphic devices based on CoO/Pt ...
Nanophysics
Mar 3, 2025
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Breaking the surface: How damage reshapes ripples in graphene
Defects in two-dimensional materials (such as an atom-thick sheet of graphene) can dramatically alter the way that the surface ripples, even stopping the sheet in place like a freeze frame.
Nanophysics
Mar 3, 2025
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Graphene production technique offers green alternative to graphite mining
Researchers in Sweden report a green alternative to reduce reliance on mining graphite, the raw source behind the "wonder material" graphene. In the journal Small, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology say they ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 3, 2025
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