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Remote Control for Neurons

June 2, 2020
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Pittsburgh, PA — A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has created a new technology that enhances scientists’ ability to communicate with neural cells using light. Tzahi Cohen-Karni,...

Graphene: The More You Bend It, The Softer It Gets

November 14, 2019
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Champaign, IL — New research by engineers at the University of Illinois combines atomic-scale experimentation with computer modelling to determine how much energy it takes to bend multilayer graphene...

Graphene Substrate Improves Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube Network

October 10, 2019
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Espoo, Finland — Transparent conductive films (TCFs) have many applications in touch screens, organic light emitting diodes and solar cells. These applications need materials that are strong, energy...

Graphene Layer Enables Advance in Super-Resolution Microscopy

September 3, 2019
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Göttingen, Germany — Researchers at the University of Göttingen have developed a new method that takes advantage of the unusual properties of graphene to electromagnetically interact with fluorescing...

Graphene Superconductor That Plays More Than One Tune

July 18, 2019
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Berkeley, CA — Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a graphene device that’s thinner than a human hair but...

Will Future Computer be Made Using Bacteria?

July 11, 2019
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Rochester, NY — In order to create new and more efficient computers, medical devices, and other advanced technologies, researchers are turning to nanomaterials: materials manipulated on the scale of...

Using Graphene and Tiny Droplets to Detect Stomach-Cancer Causing Bacteria

June 20, 2019
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Osaka, Japan — Biosensors are currently used in healthcare to monitor blood glucose; however, they also have the potential to detect bacteria. Researchers at Osaka University have invented a new biosensor...

How to Purify Water with Graphene

April 29, 2019
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Moscow, Russia — Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS” together with their colleagues from Derzhavin Tambov State University and Saratov Chernyshevsky...

Squeezed Nanocrystals: New Model Predicts Their Shape When Blanketed Under Graphene

April 8, 2019
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Ames, IA — In a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Northeastern University, scientists have developed a model for predicting the shape of metal nanocrystals...

Large, Stable Pieces of Graphene Produced with Unique Edge Pattern

January 31, 2019
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Erlangen, Germany — Graphene is a promising material for use in nanoelectronics. Its electronic properties depend greatly, however, on how the edges of the carbon layer are formed. Zigzag patterns...

Spikes of Graphene Can Kill Bacteria on Implants, Says Study

April 17, 2018
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Göteborg, Sweden — A tiny layer of graphene flakes becomes a deadly weapon and kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery. This is the findings of new research from...

Graphene Forged into Three-Dimensional Shapes

September 27, 2017
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Vantaa, Finland — Researchers from Finland and Taiwan have discovered how graphene, a single-atom-thin layer of carbon, can be forged into three-dimensional objects by using laser light.

Research Reveals Dialysis Membrane Made from Graphene Filters More Quickly

June 30, 2017
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Cambridge, MA — Dialysis, in the most general sense, is the process by which molecules filter out of one solution, by diffusing through a membrane, into a more dilute solution.

Scientists Create Artificial Atoms of Graphene

April 20, 2017
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Washington, DC – For the first time, scientists created a tunable artificial atom in graphene. They demonstrated that a vacancy in graphene can be charged in a controllable way such that...

Bumpy Surfaces with Graphene Between Beat the Heat in Devices, Says Study

November 29, 2016
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Houston, TX — Bumpy surfaces with graphene between would help dissipate heat in next-generation microelectronic devices, according to Rice University scientists.

Environmentally-Friendly Graphene Textiles Pave Way to Wearable Electronics

November 25, 2016
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Cambridge, UK – Researchers at the Cambridge Graphene Centre (CGC) at the University of Cambridge, working in collaboration with scientists at Jiangnan University, China, have devised a method...

Scientists Say Boron Nitride-Graphene Hybrid May Be Rght for Next-Gen Green Cars

October 25, 2016
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Houston, TX — Layers of graphene separated by nanotube pillars of boron nitride may be a suitable material to store hydrogen fuel in cars, according to Rice University scientists.

Graphene Protects Glass from Corrosion, Study Finds

October 18, 2016
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Daejeon, Korea – Researchers at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have demonstrated graphene coating protects glass from...

Simulations Show How to Turn Graphene’s Defects into Assets

October 12, 2016
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State College, PA — Researchers at Penn State, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company have developed methods to control defects...

New Analysis Finds Way to Safely Conduct Heat from Graphene to Biological Tissues

September 23, 2016
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Cambridge, MA — In the future, our health may be monitored and maintained by tiny sensors and drug dispensers, deployed within the body and made from graphene — one of the strongest, lightest...

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