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Getting the right exposure

September 6, 2018
Insight
Understanding the totality of environmental exposures from conception onward and what that might do to our health. That is the ambition of exposomics and it is an incredibly tough undertaking...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Geology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Glass sponge

August 21, 2018
Insight
The Olympus Image of the Year Award 2018 is open for entries. Upload your images by the end of October and you could be in with a chance of winning...
Materials
Focal Point, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Double trouble improves optical sensing at nanoscale

June 18, 2018
News
The precision of measuring nanoscopic structures could be substantially improved by utilising the quantum effect of interference.Using the approach, researchers from the universities of Warwick and Glasgow have devised a...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Nanotechnology, Physics, Quantum Physics
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Boron set to become king of the nanotubes

June 4, 2018
News
Boron nitride nanotubes are primed to become major building blocks for next-generation composite and polymer materials after a new discovery at Rice University in the US.A team from the university...
Materials
Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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Big success for UK nanodots

April 25, 2018
News
A UK manufacturer of cadmium-free quantum dots and nanomaterials, is expanding after signing an agreement to develop and sell its products to a large US corporation.Nanoco, which has its UK...
Materials
Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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The future character of medicine

March 23, 2018
Feature
Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. However, access to the expertise and methodologies required to characterise new nanomaterials is limited. The...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Doubling the life of Li-ion batteries with graphene

February 8, 2018
News
New research suggests that the life of lithium-ion batteries could be more than doubled by using graphene girders at the electrodes. Graphite has been the default choice of active material for...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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Graphene brings sports footwear breakthrough

January 23, 2018
News
A partnership is launching a revolutionary world-first in the sports footwear market following a collaboration with materials scientists.British sportswear brand inov-8 has teamed up with The University of Manchester to...
Materials
Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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Do we need to be more negative?

October 17, 2017
Feature
As nanotech applications become more diverse, the need for reliable vibration control has become critical says Dr David Platus. Forget air tables or even bungee cords – he thinks negative...
Materials
In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Warning over dangerous coal-based nanoparticle

August 22, 2017
News
Potentially dangerous nanoparticles produced through coal combustion have been discovered by scientists in the US. These titanium suboxide nanoparticles are as small as 100 millionths of a metre. Unless captured...
Materials
Nanotechnology
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