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Graphene was given the properties of "magnetic gold"

Graphene was given the properties of "magnetic gold"

Scientists have modified graphene and endowed it with the properties of cobalt and gold - magnetism and spin-orbit interaction. The development will help improve quantum computers. The results of a ...
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Scientists have created a dense "bulletproof" wood, light but strong as steel

Scientists have created a dense "bulletproof" wood, light but strong as steel

Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a technology for making ultra-strong wood that can now be used in places where heavier metals and alloys have traditionally been used ...
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More efficient getting hydrogen out of water will help nanopena from cheap metals

More efficient getting hydrogen out of water will help nanopena from cheap metals

Researchers at the University of Washington (WSU) have discovered a way to more efficiently generate hydrogen from water, which could be a critical solution to ensure a viable and large-scale ...
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High-elastic lithium-ion batteries on liquid electrolyte created in Korea

High-elastic lithium-ion batteries on liquid electrolyte created in Korea

A team of researchers has developed the world's first stretchable liquid lithium-ion battery, which could form the basis for a new generation of wearable electronics. Specialists of the Korean Ulsansky ...
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Chemists have created graphene "nanomedusas"

Chemists have created graphene "nanomedusas"

Scientists have synthesized and modified a special type of graphene nanoparticles, shaped like jellyfish. The structure of these particles allows them to be used in catalytic processes, as well as ...
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DNA superlattices are the basis for invisibility cloaks and materials that can change their color

DNA superlattices are the basis for invisibility cloaks and materials that can change their color

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new technology to produce metamaterials, materials whose surface is coated with nanostructures that give them unique and exotic optical properties. The key point ...
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The smallest electro-optic modulator, the size of which is comparable to the size of the bacterium, has been created

The smallest electro-optic modulator, the size of which is comparable to the size of the bacterium, has been created

Electro-optical modulators are one of the key components of modern fiber optic communication networks. They are an optical analogue of an electronic transistor, only instead of electric current they allow ...
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New reaction will make it easier to synthesize green plastics

New reaction will make it easier to synthesize green plastics

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have found an economical way to synthesize furandicarboxylic acid, which is needed to make recyclable plastic. An article describing the study was ...
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A new type of light sources has been created, based on individual graphene nanoribbons

A new type of light sources has been created, based on individual graphene nanoribbons

Researchers at the CNR Institute for Nanotechnology, Modena, Italy, and the University of Strasbourg, France, have demonstrated workable light sources based on a single graphene nanoribbon just 7 atoms wide ...
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Introduced a new technology of "smart" windows that will heat the house thanks to the magnetic fluid

Introduced a new technology of "smart" windows that will heat the house thanks to the magnetic fluid

German engineers from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena have presented a new technology, with the help of which glass panes, under the influence of magnetic forces, will shade rooms ...
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Ultra-fine fibers designed with exceptional strength

Ultra-fine fibers designed with exceptional strength

A new technology developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the potential to create strong, resilient nanofibers for many applications. Researchers have developed a method that can produce ultra-thin ...
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The Japanese have developed "self-healing glass"

The Japanese have developed "self-healing glass"

A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo, led by Professor Takuzo Aida, has created prototypes of what might be called the world's first "self-healing glass". This "glass", being ...
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WEEK OF THE "HORIZON 2020" PROGRAM IN BELARUS - 2018 February 19 - 23, 2018, Minsk

WEEK OF THE "HORIZON 2020" PROGRAM IN BELARUS – 2018 February 19 – 23, 2018, Minsk

October 27, 2017 The European Commission has approved the competition program for the final three-year phase of the EU's Framework Program for Science and Innovation Horizon 2020 and launched the ...
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Thermoelectric generators operating at room temperature will soon become a reality

Thermoelectric generators operating at room temperature will soon become a reality

Thermoelectric (TE) generators are something that has long been viewed as a promising technology suitable for converting heat simply emitted into the environment with exhaust gases from automobiles or industrial ...
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Fujitsu has developed a material with a record performance of thermal conductivity

Fujitsu has developed a material with a record performance of thermal conductivity

Almost at the end of last year, Representatives of Fujitsu announced the development of a process for the production of sheets of material consisting of multi-wall carbon nanotubes. These nanotubes ...
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Graphene-based armor will stop bullets, becoming harder than diamond at the moment of impact

Graphene-based armor will stop bullets, becoming harder than diamond at the moment of impact

Bulletproof vests and other high-end protective equipment are massive and heavy. But if such a bulletproof vest is made from a graphene-based material invented by researchers at the City University ...
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Gallium nitride processors - next generation digital technology for space technology

Gallium nitride processors – next generation digital technology for space technology

Gallium nitride (GaN), a semiconductor material commonly used to make LEDs, semiconductor lasers and power devices, could be the basis for next-generation electronics for space applications. As part of the ...
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New miniature spectrometer will provide smartphones with tons of additional useful features

New miniature spectrometer will provide smartphones with tons of additional useful features

Thanks to the development of a new miniature spectrometer that is easy to manufacture and very small, it will be possible, using a smartphone or other portable electronic device that ...
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New direct metal printing technology enables flexible and self-healing electronics

New direct metal printing technology enables flexible and self-healing electronics

Researchers at the University of North Carolina have developed a new direct metal printing technology ideal for making electronic circuits that can stretch, shrink, and have self-healing functions. The new ...
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3D printing with laser holograms will ensure the creation of complex shapes in seconds

3D printing with laser holograms will ensure the creation of complex shapes in seconds

Additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing, today allows scientists and engineers to effortlessly create designs and configurations that were previously extremely difficult to do. But even now, the alternate ...
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