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Breakthrough in Silicene Production Promises a Future of Silicene-based Electronics – IEEE Spectrum

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/breakthrough-in-silicene-production-promises-a-future-of-silicenebased-electronics?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook Silicene is an interesting silicon based material that has many properties similar to graphene.

Silicon Nanoparticles Provide Biocompatible Solution to Cancer Detection and Treatment – IEEE Spectrum

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/biomedical/diagnostics/silicon-nanoparticles-provide-biocompatible-solution-to-cancer-treatment-and-detection?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook Silicon nanoparticles seem to be better than gold nanoparticles. Article has also information on challenges in putting nanoparticles to bloodstream.

NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft

NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft is again in the news. In January NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity’s most distant solar-powered emissary. The previous record-holder was the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft. In the end of June 2016 NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Enters Jupiter’s Magnetic Field. NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft has entered