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Austria sees record number of heat-related deaths in June and July
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
The AGES agency said those two months saw 646 heat-related deaths, as compared to the previous high of 570 in June and July 2024. The figures are calculated usi...
Desert Dust Traps Twice as Much Heat as Climate Models Have Assumed
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
Lead researcher Jasper Kok, a UCLA professor in the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, said the heat-trapping effect of dust is equal to approximat...
Ultra-Thin Dual-Mode Shielding Film Blocks Electromagnetic Waves and Neutron Radiation Simultaneously
Apr 28, 2026 (SPX)
CNTs are highly conductive and function by absorbing and reflecting electromagnetic waves, while BNNTs contain boron atoms that are effective at capturing neutr...
LMU Munich Solves Two Key Barriers Blocking Perovskite Quantum Dots From Real-World Use
Apr 23, 2026 (SPX)
Perovskite quantum dots are semiconductor crystals just a few nanometers in size, composed of perovskite materials typically combining metals and halides. At su...
Ultrafast thermal detector pushes gigahertz performance frontier
Mar 11, 2026 (SPX)
Traditional semiconductor photodetectors power digital cameras by generating electrical current directly when visible light strikes a semiconductor material, bu...
Eight dead as tornados surge across central US
Mar 07, 2026 (AFP)
Four people were reported killed in Oklahoma, where the twisters gained strength, and four others died further north in the Midwestern state of Michigan. The Br...
Carbon fibers bend and straighten under electric control
Feb 27, 2026 (SPX)
The work targets a long-standing gap in the manipulation of microfibers and nanofibers. Advances in materials engineering have delivered many so-called smart ma...
Engineered substrates sharpen single nanoparticle plasmon spectra
Feb 06, 2026 (SPX)
Localized surface plasmon resonances in metallic nanoparticles are widely used to concentrate light into nanoscale hotspots, enabling applications from ultrasen...
Bright emission from hidden quantum states demonstrated in nanotechnology breakthrough
Nov 13, 2025 (SPX)
Dark excitons, which exist in monolayer semiconductors, have long evaded detection by conventional optical methods due to weak light emission. They are valued f...
Novel technique reveals true behavior of next-generation MXenes
Oct 07, 2025 (SPX)
MXenes (pronounced max-eens) are ultra-thin materials only a few atoms thick, prized for their ability to conduct electricity, store energy, and interact with l...
Unique phase of water revealed in nanoscale confinement
Sep 25, 2025 (SPX)
The team, led by Professor Makoto Tadokoro with Lecturer Fumiya Kobayashi and PhD student Tomoya Namiki, used static solid-state deuterium nuclear magnetic reso...
New Technique Enables Mass Production of Metal Nanowires
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
Until now, mass production of NWs has been hindered by difficulties in maintaining both quality and purity during scaling. Typically, NWs are created by transpo...
Researchers unveil novel technique for creating atomically thin nanoscrolls
Feb 13, 2024 (SPX)
TMDCs, compounds known for their remarkable properties including flexibility, superconductivity, and unique optical absorbance, are at the forefront of nanotech...
MIT.nano equipment to accelerate innovation in tough tech sectors
Feb 01, 2024 (SPX)
The equipment, provided by Applied Materials, will significantly expand MIT.nano's nanofabrication capabilities, making them compatible with wafers - thin, roun...
World Nano Foundation highlights nanotech's role in space materials science
Jul 19, 2023 (SPX)
The persistent human interest in space exploration faces significant challenges, especially in finding materials capable of surviving the extreme conditions in ...
Single-molecule valve: a breakthrough in nanoscale control
May 03, 2023 (SPX)
A joint research team led by Associate Professor Yan Xu of the Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Engineering has succeeded in regulating the flow...
New system designs nanomaterials that conduct heat in specific ways
Oct 10, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers at MIT have taken a different approach. They developed an algorithm and software system that can automatically design a nanoscale material that can ...
Physicists generate new nanoscale spin waves
Sep 28, 2022 (SPX)
The basic idea of spintronics is to use a special property of electrons - spin - for various electronic applications such as data and information technology. Th...
'Naturally insulating' material emits pulses of superfluorescent light at room temperature
Sep 06, 2022 (SPX)
Superfluorescence occurs when atoms within a material synchronize and simultaneously emit a short but intense burst of light. The property is valuable for quant...
Making nanodiamonds out of bottle plastic
Sep 05, 2022 (SPX)
One result was that the researchers were able to confirm their earlier thesis that it really does rain diamonds inside the ice giants at the periphery of our so...
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