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Nanotechnology and sunlight clear the way for better visibility
Anyone who skis, wears glasses, uses a camera or drives a car is familiar with the problem: if you come into a humid environment from the...
Mar 6, 20192 min read
Dose of vitamin C helps gold nanowires grow
A boost of vitamin C helped Rice University scientists turn small gold nanorods into fine gold nanowires. Common, mild ascorbic acid is...
Feb 19, 20193 min read
Ultra-sensitive sensor with gold nanoparticle array
The sensor is made up of a series of gold disk-shaped nanoparticles on a glass slide. The team at Bath discovered that when they shone an...
Jan 9, 20192 min read
A major step toward non-viral ocular gene therapy using laser and nanotechnology
In January 2009, the life of engineer Michel Meunier, a professor at Polytechnique Montréal, changed dramatically. Like others, he had...
Nov 28, 20184 min read
This bacterium gets paid in gold
A bacterium named Moorella thermoacetica won't work for free. But UC Berkeley researchers have figured out it has an appetite for gold....
Oct 17, 20183 min read
Golden sandwich could make the world more sustainable
Scientists have developed a photoelectrode that can harvest 85 percent of visible light in a 30 nanometers-thin semiconductor layer...
Sep 9, 20182 min read
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