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Storing information in DNA: Improving DNA storage with nanoscale electrode wells
Geneticists can store data in synthetic DNA as a medium for long-term storage due to its density, ease of copy, longevity and sustainability. Research in the field had recently advanced with new encoding algorithms, automation, ...
Development of a transparent and flexible ultra-thin memory device
A two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterial-based flexible memory device is a critical element in the next-generation wearable market because it plays a crucial role in data storage, processing, and communication. An ultra-thin memory ...
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Smart transformable nanoparticles promise advances in tumor diagnoses, treatment
For more than three decades, biomedical nanomaterials have been successfully developed for the benefit of theranostics—a compound term referring to the diagnoses and treatment of tumors. The nanoparticles must reach the ...
Nanomaterials
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Researchers develop a world-first antibody-drug delivery system
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: a man-made crystal that can be attached to antibodies and then supercharge them with potent drugs or imaging agents that can seek out diseased cells with the highest precision, ...
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Researchers create contamination test for dairy products, using technology that can be printed inside containers
Researchers have developed a test to reveal bacterial contamination in dairy products well before they have a chance to reach anyone's lips.
Bio & Medicine
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Detecting dopamine in femtomolar concentrations
A group of Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering researchers have pushed the limits of diagnostic testing to a level never before seen.
Nanomaterials
Dec 06, 2021
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Predicting high temperature Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons
National University of Singapore researchers have predicted that an exotic state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate can exist at relatively high temperatures (around 50 K to 100 K) in systems comprising organic ...
Nanophysics
Dec 06, 2021
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Biomedical probe created from spoiled oranges
A University of Sydney Ph.D. researcher is developing a cancer and serious disease-detecting biomedical probe that can be made from the juice of rancid oranges.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 06, 2021
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Novel two-step mechanism revealed in two-dimensional material formation
Typically only an atom thick, 2D materials exhibit highly desirable properties for advanced technologies, such as flexibility, superconductivity and more. Made from carefully transitioning individual components from gas or ...
Nanophysics
Dec 03, 2021
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Mimicking a human fingertip's sensitivity and sense of direction for robotic applications
As robotic devices such as artificial prosthetics and human-computer interfaces are increasingly integrated into society, researchers have been looking more deeply into the sensitivity of the devices that serve the same function ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 03, 2021
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Egg-carton-style patterning keeps charged nanoparticles in place and suitable for a wide range of applications
Researchers at the University of Michigan and Seoul National University of Science and Technology have devised a new method for manufacturing devices that require precisely sized and positioned micro- and nanoscale particles. ...
Nanophysics
Dec 03, 2021
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Activating immune cells for cancer nano-immunotherapy
With nanotechnology we can understand, mimic, and modulate our immune system. For her Ph.D. research, Annelies Wauters studied how tiny nanocarriers can be used to control the immune system, and target and activate immune ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 03, 2021
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New photocatalyst could enable more efficient hydrogen production
Aerogels are extraordinary materials that have set Guinness World Records more than a dozen times, including as the world's lightest solids.
Nanophysics
Dec 02, 2021
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Boosting thermopower of oxides via artificially laminated metal/insulator heterostructure
Thermoelectric materials have the ability to generate electricity when a temperature difference is applied to them. Conversely, they can also generate a temperature gradient when current is applied to them. Therefore, these ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 02, 2021
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Some polycrystal grain boundaries feel the heat more than others
Polycrystals are solid materials that are made up of lots of small crystals. The points where the crystals meet are known as grain boundaries (GBs). GBs are important because they can affect the way the solid behaves. However, ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 02, 2021
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Developing wafer-scale highly oriented graphene on sapphire
Researchers have used direct chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth of wafer-scale, high-quality graphene on dielectrics for versatile applications. However, graphene synthesized this way has shown a polycrystalline film ...
Researchers develop nanometer-scale adaptive transistor
Normally, computer chips consist of electronic components that always do the same thing. In the future, however, more flexibility will be possible: New types of adaptive transistors can be switched in a flash, so that they ...
Nanophysics
Dec 01, 2021
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Development of polyimide-mica nanocomposite film with high resistance to low-Earth-orbit environments
Polyimide (PI) composite films are widely used on the external surfaces of spacecraft to protect them from the adverse environments of low Earth orbit (LEO) due to their outstanding comprehensive performance. However, current ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 01, 2021
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A retina-inspired device that can detect and recognize movements in the environment
Devices that can automatically detect and recognize moving objects have numerous valuable applications, for instance, enhancing remote environmental monitoring. Most existing motion detection and recognition (MDR) technologies ...
Flu virus shells could improve delivery of mRNA into cells
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new and potentially more effective way to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells. Their approach involves packing mRNA inside nanoparticles that mimic ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 30, 2021
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