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Self-healing gold particles
Self-healing materials are able to repair autonomously defects, such as scratches, cracks or dents, and resume their original shape. For...
Sep 18, 20172 min read


New study on graphene-wrapped nanocrystals makes inroads toward next-gen fuel cells
A powdery mix of metal nanocrystals wrapped in single-layer sheets of carbon atoms, developed at the Department of Energy's Lawrence...
Sep 15, 20174 min read


Test strips for cancer detection get upgraded with nanoparticle bling
The most common test strip people might think of for diagnosis is a home pregnancy test. Pregnant women have steadily increasing levels...
Sep 14, 20173 min read


Magnetic cellular 'Legos' for the regenerative medicine of the future
By incorporating magnetic nanoparticles in cells and developing a system using miniaturized magnets, researchers at the Laboratoire...
Sep 13, 20172 min read


Self-assembling nanoparticle arrays can switch between a mirror and a window
By finely tuning the distance between nanoparticles in a single layer, researchers have made a filter that can change between a mirror...
Sep 13, 20172 min read


A new way to directly convert methane to methanol using gold-palladium nanoparticles
Liquid methanol is widely used as a feedstock for other chemicals and also has considerable potential as an alternative fuel source....
Sep 13, 20172 min read
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