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Light-activated, drug-carrying liposomes show potential for minimally invasive glaucoma treatments
More than 4 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, a group of eye diseases that can damage the optic nerve and lead to vision loss. It's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide and there's currently no cure, but ...
Bio & Medicine
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Sugar-like nanoparticle covering could boost cancer drug delivery
A spoonful of sugar might actually help medicine go down, according to recent research from the University of Mississippi. And it could reduce the harmful side effects of cancer treatment. Instead of a literal spoonful of ...
Bio & Medicine
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New language encodes shape and structure to help machine learning models predict nanopore properties
A large number of 2D materials like graphene can have nanopores—small holes formed by missing atoms through which foreign substances can pass. The properties of these nanopores dictate many of the materials' properties, ...
Nanomaterials
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Physicists develop new method to visualize magnetic nanostructures with high resolution
A new method enables researchers to analyze magnetic nanostructures with a high resolution. It was developed by researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure ...
Nanophysics
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Nanofibers made of copper-binding peptides disrupt cancer cells
While toxic in high concentrations, copper is essential to life as a trace element. Many tumors require significantly more copper than healthy cells for growth—a possible new point of attack for cancer treatment.
Bio & Medicine
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Electrochemistry unlocks a new type of palladium hydride nanoparticle
Palladium, a rare metal that physically resembles platinum, is a top-billing catalyst famous in the energy sector for hydrogen storage and catalytic converters.
Nanomaterials
Nov 19, 2024
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Light-matter interaction reveals new paradigm of quantum information technology
A research team led by Professor Jaedong Lee from the Department of Chemical Physics of DGIST has introduced a novel quantum state and a pioneering mechanism for extracting and controlling quantum information using exciton ...
Nanophysics
Nov 19, 2024
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New ion speed record holds potential for faster battery charging and biosensing
A speed record has been broken using nanoscience, which could lead to a host of new advances, including improved battery charging, biosensing, soft robotics and neuromorphic computing.
Nanophysics
Nov 19, 2024
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CRISPR-based system labels extracellular vesicles with 'barcodes' to better understand cell-to-cell communication
Cell-to-cell communication through nanosized particles, working as messengers and carriers, can now be analyzed in a whole new way, thanks to a new method involving CRISPR gene-editing technology.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 19, 2024
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Scientists develop copper depletion strategy for advanced cuproptosis therapy
A team of researchers from Nanjing University has introduced an innovative approach to cuproptosis therapy by depleting copper levels in tumor cells, challenging the current paradigm that focuses on copper overproduction.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 19, 2024
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Machine learning and supercomputer simulations predict interactions between gold nanoparticles and blood proteins
Researchers in the Nanoscience Center at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have used machine learning and supercomputer simulations to investigate how tiny gold nanoparticles bind to blood proteins. The studies discovered ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 18, 2024
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Nanorobots move closer to clinical trials with new model that helps them navigate through the bloodstream
From repairing deadly brain bleeds to tackling tumors with precise chemotherapy, micro/nano-robots (MNRs) are a promising, up-and-coming tool that have the power to substantially advance health care. However, this tool still ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 18, 2024
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Electron imaging reveals the vibrant colors of the outermost electron layer
Surfaces play a key role in numerous chemical reactions, including catalysis and corrosion. Understanding the atomic structure of the surface of a functional material is essential for both engineers and chemists. Researchers ...
Nanophysics
Nov 18, 2024
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New on-chip device uses exotic light rays in 2D material to detect molecules
Researchers have developed a highly sensitive detector for identifying molecules via their infrared vibrational "fingerprint." This innovative detector converts incident infrared light into ultra-confined "nanolight" in the ...
Nanophysics
Nov 18, 2024
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Cracking the code of performance degradation in solid oxide cells at the atomic level
Researchers have elucidated the mechanism of the initial degradation phenomenon that triggers the performance drop of high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis cell systems, using advanced transmission electron microscopy. ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 18, 2024
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Moving graphene from the lab to fab: How 2D materials could transform everyday electronics
Graphene has lived up to its promise in the lab. Now, EU researchers are working on supporting its wider adoption in high-end electronics, photonics and sensors.
Nanomaterials
Nov 15, 2024
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Detecting cancer in urine: Nanowire-based capture of micro-ribonucleic acids
Cancer has a high death rate with delayed diagnosis of the disease being one of the main reasons for its fatality. Early diagnosis of cancer is vital to improving patient outcomes and in recent years, the development of diagnostic ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 14, 2024
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Designing a spiral ladder-inspired tool that allows precision control of light direction and polarization
Photonics is the study of the generation, detection, and manipulation of light waves in the form of photons. One interesting property of light is polarization, defined by its electric and magnetic fields oscillating in any ...
Nanophysics
Nov 14, 2024
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Discarded silk yarn can clean up polluted waterways—researchers develop hollow sphere silk particles to test adsorption
Cornell researchers have developed an elegant and sustainable way to clean up waterways: reusing one waste product to remove another.
Nanomaterials
Nov 14, 2024
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Scientists engineer stable protein complexes for targeted cancer therapies
Researchers from Auburn University, partnering with the University of Basel in Switzerland, have discovered a new way to make a cancer-targeting protein complex more stable, opening doors to better cancer treatments. Led ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 14, 2024
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