Long-term, multidisciplinary project called Predicting Performance Margins aims to link variability in materials’ properties with how actual parts perform.
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Nanoelectronics gets a boost from electron-beam processed nanowires
Flexible metallic wires, only three atoms wide, produced with scanning transmission electron microscope.
Fluorescence shows real-time nanoparticle biodegradation
New method allows researchers to directly measure nanoparticle degradation in real time within biological environments.
Nissan unveil self-cleaning prototype
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Research mimic the progression of inflammation/infection on a sensor to investigate how biomolecular dynamics change in the local microenvironment.
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Researchers from Tianjin University describe the fabrication of an efficient nanostructured heterojunction photocatalyst.
Photonics Europe 2014: the highlights
A report from the 2014 Photonics Europe meeting, held in Brussels, Belgium from the 14th to the 17th of April.
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