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New fluorescent nanovesicles for intracellular biomarker detection
A new work by the Nanomol Group, belonging to the CIBER-BBN network, together with a team from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, presents new nanovesicles capable of crossing biological barriers such as cell membranes, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2022
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Study reveals how to break symmetry in colloidal crystals
Nature keeps a few secrets. While plenty of structures with low symmetry are found in nature, scientists have been confined to high-symmetry designs when synthesizing colloidal crystals, a valuable type of nanomaterial used ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2022
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Toward superior nanoscale sensing and imaging with optimized diamond probes
From the discovery of microorganisms in the field of biology to imaging atoms in the field of physics, microscopic imaging has improved our understanding of the world and has been responsible for many scientific advances. ...
Nanophysics
Jan 13, 2022
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Building a silicon quantum computer chip atom by atom
A University of Melbourne-led team has perfected a technique for embedding single atoms in a silicon wafer one-by-one. Their technology offers the potential to make quantum computers using the same methods that have given ...
Nanophysics
Jan 12, 2022
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New nanocrystals put a tiny twist on useful materials
A new kind of tiny particle is a big deal in UO chemist Carl Brozek's lab.
Nanomaterials
Jan 12, 2022
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An ice-inspired lubricant improves osteoarthritis symptoms in rats
With the Winter Olympics approaching, many people will soon be tuning in to watch events that take place on ice, such as figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey. An ultrathin, super-lubricating layer of water on the ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 12, 2022
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Researcher develops soft material to preserve biological medicines
As superbugs become increasingly dangerous to human health, NC State researchers have developed a soft material that preserves medicines capable of treating infections without the risk of antimicrobial resistance.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 12, 2022
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Researchers develop new method to increase effectiveness of nanomedicines
Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered a new, more effective method of preventing the body's own proteins from treating nanomedicines like foreign invaders, by covering the nanoparticles with a coating to suppress the ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 11, 2022
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Chemists use DNA to build the world's tiniest antenna
Researchers at Université de Montréal have created a nanoantenna to monitor the motions of proteins. Reported this week in Nature Methods, the device is a new method to monitor the structural change of proteins over time—and ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 10, 2022
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Catalyst surface analysed at atomic resolution
Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim an der Ruhr cooperated on the project as part of the Collaborative Research ...
Nanophysics
Jan 10, 2022
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Visualizing intracellular nanostructures of living cells using nanoendoscopy-AFM
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) offers a method for label-free imaging of nanoscale biomolecular dynamics to solve biological questions that cannot be addressed via other bioimaging methods including fluorescence and scanning ...
Graphene could replace rare metal used in mobile phone screens
Researchers from Paragraf and Queen Mary University of London demonstrated the successful fabrication of an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) with a monolayer graphene anode, replacing ITO in organic light-emitting diodes. ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 07, 2022
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Great balls of fire: How heating up testicles with nanoparticles might one day be a form of male birth control
Women have a variety of methods for contraception, but only two methods are commonly available to men: condoms and vasectomies. Both methods have their drawbacks.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 07, 2022
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Light-controlled 'drug-free' macromolecules for precise tumor therapy
Drug-free macromolecular therapies can induce cell apoptosis by clustering non-internalizing cell-surface receptors. These show enormous promise in tumor treatment, particularly in terms of non-specific toxicities when compared ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 07, 2022
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Heat rectification via suspended asymmetric graphene nanomesh
It is one of the humans' desired goals that we want to precisely control the heat transport as the level as that we can control the electrical current. However, a high-performance thermal rectifier or thermal diode is still ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 07, 2022
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Magnetic surprise revealed in 'magic-angle' graphene
When two sheets of the carbon nanomaterial graphene are stacked together at a particular angle with respect to each other, it gives rise to some fascinating physics. For instance, when this so-called "magic-angle graphene" ...
Nanophysics
Jan 06, 2022
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Nematicity is a new piece in double bilayer graphene phase diagram puzzle
Although twisted sheets of double bilayer graphene have been studied extensively the past few years, there are still pieces missing in the puzzle that is its phase diagram—the different undisturbed, ground states of the ...
Nanophysics
Jan 06, 2022
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A single molecule makes a big splash in the understanding of the two types of water
It plays a fundamental role in human existence and is a major component of our universe, yet there are still things we don't understand about water. To address the knowledge gaps, a collaborative team of Institute of Industrial ...
Nanophysics
Jan 06, 2022
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A new technique for isolating intact lysosomes from cell cultures
The correct functioning of cells rests upon the precise orchestration of many complex processes and organelles. Lysosomes—vital cell organelles—are enzyme-filled subunits found within many animal cells that help break ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 06, 2022
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Decoding protein assembly dynamics with artificial protein needles
Protein assembly is essential for the formation of ordered biological structures, but imagine engineering one. This is exactly what researchers at Tokyo Tech have now accomplished with protein needles. By regulating the tip-to-tip ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 06, 2022
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