A nanofluidic device capable of harnessing the difference in salinity between seawater and freshwater to generate power. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Researchers have created a much more precise pulse generator based on scandium, which enables an accuracy of one sec in 300 billion years – that is about a 1000 times more precise than the current standard atomic clock based on caesium. nature bit.ly/3LUlo7z

A team of scientists at Texas A&M University and UMass Amherst have created polymers capable of killing bacteria like E.coli without inducing antibiotic resistance. Study reported in PNASNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… #bacteria #ecoli #antibioticresistance #polymerscience

Researchers Nagoya University used #ArtificialIntelligence to discover a new method for understanding small defects in polycrystalline materials. The findings were published in the journal Advanced Materials. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad… #nanotechnology #materials

Nanoplastics on bottled water! Researchers from Columbia University have found about 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a litre of bottled water. This is 10 to 100 times greater than previous estimates. PNASNews 👉shorturl.at/nuOW2 #nanoparticles #nanotechnology #microplastics

Locusts’ sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles WashU Nature Nano nature.com/articles/s4156… #nanotechnology #nanoparticles #Materials

Scientists from CityU Hong Kong recently discovered that severely oxidized metallic glass nanotubes can attain an ultrahigh recoverable elastic strain, outperforming most conventional super-elastic metals. shorturl.at/iwAY0 #materialsscience #nanotechnology #metals

Carefully controlled inhalation of a specific type of graphene – the world’s thinnest, super strong and super flexible material – has no short-term adverse effects on lung or cardiovascular function, the study shows. #graphene #nanotechnology The University of Edinburgh nature.com/articles/s4156…

Researchers at CUHK Medicine report that boiling and filtering calcium-containing tap water could help remove nearly 90% of the nano- and microplastics present. shorturl.at/svTW2 #nanoplastics #microplastics #nanotechnology

Changing the structure of the oxide layer that coats the aluminium nanoparticles modifies their catalytic properties, making them a versatile tool. PNASNews Rice University shorturl.at/fuxEJ #nanoparticles #nanotechnology #CHEMISTRY #catalyst

A new spectroscopy technique that can simultaneously detect and precisely quantify many substances with high chemical selectivity. Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics #optics #nanotechnology #quantumphysics nature.com/articles/s4158…

An equation developed by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology & Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, sheds new light on how entropy is produced on a very short time scale in laser excited materials. #thermodynamics #entropy #nanotechnology nature.com/articles/s4146…

A waterproof "e-glove" that wirelessly transmits hand gestures made underwater to a computer that translates them into messages to help divers communicate better with each other and with boat crews on the surface Qingdao University #wearabletech #detectors pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Researchers have demonstrated for the very first time how laser light can induce quantum behaviour at room temperature and make non-magnetic materials magnetic. Stockholm University Nordita Unive Ca' Foscari nature.com/articles/s4158… #Quantum

An unexpected discovery - Nanometer-sized diamond particles shone brightly in a magnetic resonance imaging experiment – much brighter than the actual contrast agent, the heavy metal gadolinium. Intelligent Systems onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad… #diamonddust #mri #gadolinium

First study to understand the biological interactions of borophene and the first report of imparting chirality on borophene structures. Penn State #graphene #materialsscience #nanotechnology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Researchers at Rensselaer have created the first topological quantum simulator device in the strong light-matter interaction regime that operates at room temperature. #quantumphysics #nanotechnology nature.com/articles/s4156…

Physicists from UCLA have succeeded in exciting the neutrons in a thorium atom’s nucleus using a moderate amount of laser light. #optics #nanotechnology journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

Researchers from University of British Columbia have developed a low-cost, portable tool to detect micro and nano plastics released from everyday sources like disposable cups and water bottles. #sensors #plastics #nanotechnology shorturl.at/YCMNT

Researchers from Macquarie University have successfully enhanced UV sensors using vinegar vapour, a cost-effective process that improves wearable devices. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm… #wearabletech #detectors #sensors