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Environment May 1, 2024

Every breath you take: Following the journey of inhaled plastic particle pollution

With recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, a new study has modeled what happens when people breathe in different kinds ...

Nanomaterials Apr 30, 2024

Discovery of uranium-contaminated soil purification material without secondary environmental pollution

Nuclear energy has long been regarded as a next-generation energy source, and major countries around the world are competing to secure cutting-edge technologies by leveraging the high economic efficiency and sustainability ...

Environment Apr 30, 2024

Activity in a room stirs up nanoparticles left over from consumer sprays, study shows

Common household products containing nanoparticles—grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye—could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, according to a Rutgers University ...

Nanophysics Apr 30, 2024

Exploiting disorder to harvest heat energy: The potentialities of 2D magnets for thermoelectric applications

Thermoelectric systems are a green and sustainable way to harvest energy from any form of heat that otherwise would be wasted. At the core of this energy conversion process is the so-called Seebeck effect, which describes ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 29, 2024

Researchers develop tiny droplets that harness laser light to detect disease markers

A team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created tiny droplets that, when activated by laser light, can detect viral protein biomarkers indicating the presence of certain ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 26, 2024

Imaging the microstructural landscape of amorphous carbons

Prof. Wu HengAn's team from the University of Science and Technology of China has presented six representative phases of amorphous carbons based on large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, achieving a comprehensive ...

Nanophysics Apr 24, 2024

Ultrasensitive photonic crystal detects single particles down to 50 nanometers

Using an ultrasensitive photonic crystal, TU/e researchers were able to detect single particles down to 50 nanometers in diameter. The new research has just been published in the journal Optica.

Bio & Medicine Apr 24, 2024

Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures

A new imaging technique developed by engineers at Washington University in St. Louis can give scientists a much closer look at fibril assemblies—stacks of peptides that include amyloid beta, most notably associated with ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 24, 2024

Bioelectronic chip detects vitamins C and D in saliva in under 20 minutes

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a bioelectronic chip that simultaneously detects vitamins C and D in body fluids. It is flexible and easy to see and can be adapted for use in a wearable ...

Nanomaterials Apr 24, 2024

Researchers create nanostructures for efficient and sustainable degradation of pollutants

The need for sustainable and environment-friendly solutions has accelerated the global demand for green and renewable technologies. In this regard, semiconductor photocatalysts have emerged as an attractive solution, owing ...

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