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Targeted nanoparticles show promise for more effective antifungal treatments
A team of researchers from Brown University has developed a new nanotechnology-based approach that could improve treatment of fungal infections, particularly those caused by the increasingly drug-resistant Candida species.
Bio & Medicine
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Dynamic visualizations expose how domain walls shift in ferroelectrics
As demand for energy-intensive computing grows, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new technique that lets scientists see—in unprecedented detail—how interfaces move ...
Nanophysics
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Nanoscale spectroscopy detects vibrational signals from molecules in confined gaps
Vibrational sum-frequency generation (VSFG) is a nonlinear spectroscopic method widely used to investigate the molecular structure and dynamics of surface systems. However, in far-field observations, the spatial resolution ...
Nanophysics
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Controlling contaminants inside nanopores holds promise for desalination, carbon dioxide storage and porous catalysts
Natural and engineered systems have a whole world of chemistry inside their tiny pores—known as nanopores—that changes depending on the chemical functional groups inside.
Nanomaterials
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Modified glass fiber microstructure could illuminate blood vessel health from within
Skoltech researchers have fashioned a microstructure made of modified glass fiber that could in principle function as a tiny lantern for medical probes exploring the interior of blood vessels and other tubular cavities in ...
Bio & Medicine
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A recently realized ferroelectric topology in nanomembranes enables light field manipulation
Ferroelectrics are a class of materials that exhibit so-called spontaneous electric polarization, which is the separation of electric charges that can be reversed when an external electric field is applied to them. The dipole ...
Stability solution brings unique form of carbon closer to practical application
Carbyne, a one-dimensional chain of carbon atoms, is incredibly strong for being so thin, making it an intriguing possibility for use in next-generation electronics, but its extreme instability causing it to bend and snap ...
Nanophysics
May 9, 2025
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Bringing superconducting nanostructures to 3D
The move from two to three dimensions can have a significant impact on how a system behaves, whether it is folding a sheet of paper into a paper airplane or twisting a wire into a helical spring. At the nanoscale, 1,000 times ...
Nanophysics
May 9, 2025
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Sulfur-capped carbon nanobelts promise novel applications
RIKEN chemists have hit upon a fast and easy way to combine so-called nanobelts of carbon with sulfur-containing functional groups. The work is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Nanomaterials
May 9, 2025
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Self-assembled dodecahedral nanostructure features 60 metal ions and peptide ligands
Controlling the topology and structure of entangled molecular strands is a key challenge in molecular engineering, particularly when attempting to create large nanostructures that mimic biological systems. Examples found ...
Bio & Medicine
May 9, 2025
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One glass, full color: Sub-millimeter waveguide shrinks augmented-reality glasses
Augmented-reality (AR) technology is rapidly finding its way into everyday life, from education and health care to gaming and entertainment. However, the core AR device remains bulky and heavy, making prolonged wear uncomfortable. ...
Nanophysics
May 8, 2025
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In vivo 3D printing using sound holds promise for precise drug delivery, wound healing and more
Imagine that doctors could precisely print miniature capsules capable of delivering cells needed for tissue repair exactly where they are needed inside a beating heart.
Bio & Medicine
May 8, 2025
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Revolution in friction: A way to make super-smooth materials
Scientists from the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics at the University of Lodz have published an article on friction in the journal Small. Their research on "bismuth islands" moving on the surface of graphite confirmed ...
Nanophysics
May 7, 2025
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Synthetic nanoparticle eyedrops help corneas heal after chemical or inflammatory damage
Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed first-of-its-kind eyedrops that use synthetic nanoparticles to help the eye regenerate cells that have been damaged by mustard keratopathy, or exposure to mustard gas, and ...
Bio & Medicine
May 7, 2025
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Micropipette uses targeted ion delivery to activate individual neurons
Researchers at Linköping University have developed a new type of pipette that can deliver ions to individual neurons without affecting the sensitive extracellular milieu. Controlling the concentration of different ions can ...
Nanomaterials
May 7, 2025
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Paper sensors and smartphone app monitor personal smoke exposure
An inexpensive paper sensor along with a smartphone-based reader developed by a Washington State University-led team can rapidly provide information on a person's personal smoke exposure during wildfire season.
Nanomaterials
May 7, 2025
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Science meets romance: New tool unlocks the body's 'messages in a bottle' to detect and treat disease
Have you ever dreamed of writing a heartfelt letter, sealing it in a bottle, and letting the ocean carry it to someone special? It's a romantic image we've seen in movies like "Message in a Bottle." But did you know this ...
Bio & Medicine
May 7, 2025
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Physicists create ultra-stretchable graphene via an accordion-like rippling effect
Graphene is a "miracle material": mechanically extremely strong and electrically highly conductive, ideal for related applications. Using a unique method, physicists at the University of Vienna led by Jani Kotakoski have ...
Nanophysics
May 6, 2025
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An electronic band-aid that delivers therapy directly to organs
A team of biomedical engineers from China and the U.S. has developed a thin patch resembling a band-aid that can be applied to an internal organ to directly deliver therapeutic drugs. In their paper published in the journal ...
Silver nanoparticles produced by fungus could be used to prevent and treat COVID-19
Silver nanoparticles produced by the fungus Trichoderma reesei could become important allies in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Tests carried out on hamsters showed that they not only inhibited the infection but ...
Bio & Medicine
May 6, 2025
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