Monitoring the deformation of carbon nanocoils under axial loading
Carbon nanocoils (CNCs) composed of helical shaped carbon nanofibers have potential applications including mechanical springs and nano-solenoids. There are some reports which measure the spring cons ... more
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Bacterial armor holds clues for self-assembling nanostructures
Imagine thousands of copies of a single protein organizing into a coat of chainmail armor that protects the wearer from harsh and ever-changing environmental conditions. That is the case for many mi ... more
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Trump's approach to space policy could throw up some surprises, especially with Elon Musk on board
NASA, Peru plan collaborative sounding rocket study
Impulse Space plans trio of Falcon 9 launches with SpaceX
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Light in the Moebius strip
Physics sometimes borders on light art. An international team headed by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuremberg (FA ... more
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Rapid extension of nanographene sheets from hydrocarbons
Commercially available hydrocarbons were used as templates to synthesize uniform nanographene sheets using a series of sheet extending agents and a new transition metal catalyst, which were develope ... more
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Novel solid-state nanomaterial platform enables terahertz photonics
Compact, sensitive and fast nanodetectors are considered to be somewhat of a "Holy Grail" sought by many researchers around the world. And now a team of scientists in Italy and France has been inspi ... more
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X-ray pulses uncover free nanoparticles for the first time in 3-D
For the first time, a German-American research team has determined the three-dimensional shape of free-flying silver nanoparticles, using DESY's X-ray laser FLASH.
The tiny particles, hundreds ... more
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New understanding of electron behavior at tips of carbon nanocones could help provide candidates
One of the ways of improving electrons manipulation is though better control over one of their inner characteristics, called spin. This approach is the object of an entire field of study, known as s ... more
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