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Bio & Medicine Sep 14, 2022

Bacterial vesicles coated on gold nanoparticles to combat TB

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a new method to deliver a vaccine candidate for tuberculosis (TB). It involves using spherical vesicles secreted by bacteria coated on gold nanoparticles ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 14, 2022

Single gold atoms catalyze the selective methanization of carbon dioxide

One step toward carbon dioxide (CO2) neutrality and the mitigation of both the greenhouse effect and the energy crisis would be to convert CO2 into hydrocarbon-based fuels like methane using light. In the journal Angewandte ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 12, 2022

Electron microscopy reveals the reason for the purple stains on Alhambra ceilings

A pair of researchers at the University of Granada has solved the mystery of the purple stains on the ceilings of the famous Alhambra palace in Spain. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, Carolina Cardell ...

Nanomaterials Aug 25, 2022

Understanding outsize role of nanopores

There is an entire aqueous universe hidden within the tiny pores of many natural and engineered materials. Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has shown that when such materials ...

Nanomaterials Aug 18, 2022

Team describes versatile in situ method to prepare plasmonic gold nanoparticle arrays

Researchers have published work in Advanced Materials describing a rapid and simple method to form ordered arrays of gold nanoparticles with plasmonic properties.

Analytical Chemistry Aug 12, 2022

Optical microscope strategy allows observers to check electrons moving inside gold

A team led by DGIST professor Seo Dae-ha has developed an experimental strategy to control and observe the chemical reaction of a single nanocatalyst using an optical microscope. The work is expected to contribute to catalyst ...

Bio & Medicine Aug 11, 2022

Checking road traffic inside cells with nano GPS

Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology announced that a research team led by Professor Seo Dae-ha of the Department of Physics and Chemistry developed a dark field super-resolution microscope with excellent spatial ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 25, 2022

New COVID-19 rapid-test technology performs PCR faster than similar tests on the market

For more than 30 years, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been the gold standard in molecular diagnostic testing, detecting genetic material, such as those from a virus or from human DNA. But PCR, including reverse transcription ...

Bio & Medicine Jun 23, 2022

Diagnosing jaundice using tear fluids

Human tear fluids contain many proteins, metabolites, and other molecules whose concentrations change significantly with certain diseases. A research team has now developed a handy test kit for tears that can identify patients ...

Nanomaterials Jun 1, 2022

Gold nanoparticles arranged by custom DNA molecules to produce colors

A new technology is using particles of gold to make colors. With further work, the method developed at Aalto University could herald a new display technology.

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