Science

DiATOME enables surface preparation for AFM and FIB

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The DiATOME diamond knives for AFM sample preparation.

Printing 3-D graphene structures for tissue engineering: A new ink formulation allows for the 3-D printing of graphene structures

Now a team of Northwestern University researchers has found a way to print three-dimensional structures with graphene nanoflakes. The fast and efficient method could open up new opportunities for using graphene printed scaffolds regenerative...

Nanosorbent Produced in Iran to Adsorb Tiny Amounts of Aromatic Hydrocarbon from Seawater

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Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1 percent: Aalto University's researchers improved their previous record by over 3 absolute percents in cooperation with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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The surface area of the best cells in the study was already 9 cm2. This is a good starting point for upscaling the results to full wafers...

Gel filled with nanosponges cleans up MRSA infections

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Toxin-absorbing nanoparticles are loaded into a holding gel to make a nanosponge-hydrogel, which can potentially treat local bacterial...

Left-handed cosmic magnetic field could explain missing antimatter

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An artist’s impression of the Fermi Gamma ray Space Telescope (FGST) in orbit.

Random nanowire configurations increase conductivity over heavily ordered configurations

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Sample networks of Ag nanowires for 140?μm × 140?μm domain with (a) concentration just above critical percolation concentration (C?~?Cp),...

NASA Challenges Designers to Construct Habitat for Deep Space Exploration

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