Science

Scientists call for new tools to explore the world's microbiomes

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Understanding microbiomes — human and otherwise — will require a suite of advanced new tools.

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Aluminum nanoparticles could improve electronic displays

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A set of vivid red, green and blue pixels based on aluminum nanostructures are shown in a liquid crystal display (left: schematic, right:...

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Nanowalls for smartphones

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With a special mode of electrohydrodynamic ink-jet printing scientists can create a grid of ultra fine gold walls.

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Using nanoparticles to combat arteriosclerosis: Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a method for cell replacement in diseased vessels

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On the left are fluorescence-labeled cells with nanoparticles: The cellular nuclei are shown in blue, the fluorescence labeling is shown in...

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Promising new approach for controlled fabrication of carbon nanostructures

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New bimetallic alloy nanoparticles for printed electronic circuits: Production of oxidation-resistant copper alloy nanoparticles by electrical explosion of wire for printed electronics

Now, researchers at Toyohashi Tech and Duke University have found a way to produce new copper alloy nanoparticles, which can be used as the main component of affordable conductive inks with high oxidation resistance. The researchers electrically...

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IU scientists create 'nano-reactor' for the production of hydrogen biofuel: Combining bacterial genes and virus shell creates a highly efficient, renewable material used in generating power from water

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This is an artist's rendering of P22-Hyd, a new biomaterial created by encapsulating a hydrogen-producing enzyme within a virus shell...

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Treatment of Damaged Heart Tissues by Nanochains Containing Protein

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Iranian researchers from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in association with American researchers succeeded in the production of...

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