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Now, acoustic tweezers to position tiny objects
Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): While it gets quite difficult to manipulate tiny objects like single cells or nanosized beads via relatively large, unwieldy equipment, Penn State engineers have now designed a new system that uses sound as a pair of tiny tweezers that are small enough to place infinitesimal objects on a chip.
While optical tweezers [...]
Scientists identify carbon nanoparticles toxic to adult fruit flies, but benign to larvae
Washington, August 8 (ANI): Experiments on fruit flies conducted by Brown University researchers have led to the identification of certain types of carbon nanoparticles that can prove environmentally toxic to adults, but which are benign when added to food for larvae.
Writing about their work in the online edition of the journal Environmental Science and [...]
New energy-efficient method could revolutionize production of biofuels
Washington, August 4 (ANI): A team of scientists has developed a more energy-efficient method of chemical separations that could revolutionize processes in the petrochemical and biofuels industries.
The method has been developed by a team of researchers, led by chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis in the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Technology.
The ability [...]
