Thin films made of carbon nanotubes hold a lot of promise for advanced optoelectronics, energy and medicine, however with their manufacturing process subject to close supervision and stringent standardization requirements, ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 8, 2019
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Specialized stringy fluids flow through the human joints and help constitute substances such as mucus. These fluids contain long, flexible molecules like polymers or proteins, giving them the ability to stretch and absorb ...
Nanophysics
Jan 30, 2020
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The low cost, high efficiency electric pump offers an environmentally friendly alternative to mechanical counterparts. Aisin Seki Co., Ltd has now successfully developed a smaller, cheaper electric cooling pump through some ...
Engineering
Aug 31, 2012
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Something strange is happening within the world-famous pitch drop experiment with the latest drop forming much faster than the last couple of drops.
General Physics
Nov 10, 2014
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It's easy to make bubbles, but try making hundreds of thousands of them a minute—all the same size.
Soft Matter
Dec 6, 2018
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Saturn's rings are one of the jewels of the solar system, but it seems that their time is short and their existence fleeting.
Astronomy
May 16, 2023
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Longstanding challenges in biomedical research such as monitoring brain chemistry and tracking the spread of drugs through the body require much smaller and more precise sensors. A new nanoscale sensor that can monitor areas ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 21, 2024
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When you get a cut, blood starts to flow from the wound. But very quickly, complex biochemical processes spring into action, creating a scaffolding of molecules to block the hole, and then building up an impervious clot to ...
Materials Science
Jan 9, 2013
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Microfluidic systems have the power to revolutionize medicine, energy, electronics and even space exploration. But the sheer size of the external equipment required for controlling these quarter-sized devices has limited ...
Soft Matter
Oct 23, 2019
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Fluid jets are all around us: from inkjet printing, to the "Old Faithful" geyser in Yellowstone National Park, to cosmological jets several thousand light years long.
Nanophysics
Oct 28, 2013
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