Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have discovered surprising changes in electrical resistivity in iron-based superconductors.
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BASF announces acquisition of Deutsche Nanoschicht
BASF New Business GmbH has acquired all shares of the technology company Deutsche Nanoschicht GmbH.
Nanomicelle dye for better cancer treatment
New organic PTT agent based on nano-micelles encapsulating a small non-fluorescent NIR-absorbing dye shows excellent tumor ablation without toxicity.
Spin-Hall effect observation is a step towards "atomtronics"
Researchers at NIST have reported the first observation of the “spin Hall effect” in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Patent awarded for li-ion battery fire-suppression system
LithFire-X has been awarded patent protection for a system to contain and extinguish lithium ion battery fires in electric energy storage configurations.
Nanoparticle-based soft tissue sarcoma treatment shows promising results
Lead nanoparticle-based product, NBTXR3, shows positive phase 1 intermin results in patients with Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS).
Hydrogen sintering technique makes titanium production cheaper
Procedure produces near-net-shape titanium components with superior mechanical properties and significantly reduced energy consumption and processing costs.
Wiley-VCH Trainee Position Available
The Materials Science and Physics group of Wiley-VCH is offering a Trainee position for its family of internationally renowned, high-impact journals.
Nanotube catalyst gives alternative to precious metals
Economical non-precious-metal catalyst capitalizes on carbon nanotubes.
Flexible metamaterials could form new optical systems
New thin, planar, lightweight, and broadband polarimetric photonic devices and optics could result from recent research by a team of Los Alamos scientists.