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Nanomaterials: Invisible Killers in Consumer Products

NANOTECHNOLOGY 02.10.2021 01:35 AM

Unbeknownst to many, consumer products are filled with nanomaterials that are harmful to the health. They are considered the invisible killers that are more dangerous to viruses in the long term if no safety precautions are made.

New Study Shows Silver From Plastic Packaging Leaches To Some Foods and Beverages

02.04.2021 03:25 AM

Researchers have found that silver embedded in antimicrobial plastic - often used for food and beverage packaging - could lead the packaging and form into its contents, especially for sweet and sugary foods.

Arranged Nanoblocks Help Improve Solar Cell Efficiency

02.03.2021 04:55 AM

A new technique for fabricating solar cells, with the help of specially arranged nanoblocks, could significantly improve their efficiency.

Did Elon Musk Confirm that Neuralink Implanted a Brain Chip on a Monkey?

02.01.2021 22:45 PM

Elon Musk claims Neuralink put a wireless implant in a monkey’s brain to play video games with his mind. How is that even possible?

Quantum Brain: Scientists Discover How to Revolutionize Computing

02.01.2021 20:51 PM

Scientists use the quantum brain for energy-efficient computing and have observed how it can learn by itself, revolutionizing the age of computing.

UT Dallas Researchers Lead Fabrication of Powerful Unipolar Carbon Nanotube “Muscles”

01.31.2021 00:10 AM

A culmination of more than 15 years of work, researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas, together with collaborators from the US, South Korea, Australia, and China, have created unipolar carbon nanotube "muscles."

European Researchers Develop New Source for Single Photons

01.30.2021 22:55 PM

Physicists from the University of Basel in Switzerland and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany developed a novel source of single photons - capable of producing billions of tiny quantum particles each second.

New “Smart Bandage” Could Detect and Prevent Infections

01.26.2021 02:45 AM

Bandages, which have long been used to cover wounds, have now been upgraded to detect and prevent infections, thanks to nanotechnology.

Biomolecular "Crown" Now Observable, Thanks to a Novel Method

01.26.2021 00:55 AM

Nanomedicine is an emerging field of study that employs techniques, diagnostics, and therapies in the minute yet precise nanometer scale - and new research could help better observe these very small particles.

Magic-Angle Twisted Graphene Could Play Host to New Phases of Matter

01.24.2021 02:55 AM

A sheet of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene was found to be capable of hosting new topological phases of matter.

Nanomaterials Improve Hybrid Flow Battery Electrodes, Advancing Renewable Energy Storage

01.24.2021 00:15 AM

With the help of nanomaterials, researchers found a way to improve hybrid flow batteries' performance - making the store energy longer at a lower cost, fewer location restraints, and zero emissions.

Researchers Engineer Nanoparticles To Create Super-Hard Metals

01.23.2021 22:40 PM

A new method has found a way to manage nanoparticles to create harder metals. Traditionally, metallurgists have made metal harder through various processes - bending, twisting, passing it through rollers, or by hammering it - that work by breaking up the metal's grain structure.

Too Small, Too Cool: NIST Scientists Miniaturize Laser Cooling

01.22.2021 00:22 AM

Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have managed to create a smaller version of the optical components that can cool atoms down close to absolute zero - a few thousandths of a degree from 0 Kelvins.

Mask Said To Deactivate Different Coronavirus Types in 2 Hours

01.21.2021 21:43 PM

Spanish firm Bioinicia recently announced it developed a special mask with a filtration efficacy that can deactivate various coronavirus types in two hours.

Anode-Free Zinc-Based Battery Is the Future of Renewable Energy Storage

01.21.2021 03:20 AM

With a new base material that is naturally abundant and lower costing, an anode-free zinc-based battery could be the safer, more cost-effective alternative for renewable energy storage.

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