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Scientists Develop Nanomachines that Use Mechanical Molecular Movements to Kill Cells

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Proteins are present in every biological process and utilize mechanical movements to change their shape using energy from the body. Since even the tiniest structural change in a protein has a major impact on biological processes, they are referred...

May 17, 2022

Magnetic nanoparticles in biological vehicles individually characterized for the first time

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Magnetic nanostructures are promising tools for medical applications. Incorporated into biological structures, they can be steered via external magnetic fields inside the body to release drugs or to destroy cancer cells. However, until now, only a...

May 17, 2022

Streamlining the Quantification of Protein-Protein Binding Kinetics

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Protein separation from complex media using magnetic nanoparticles requires additional steps to quantify the proteins bound to nanoparticles. In an article recently published in the Journal of The...

May 17, 2022

Imaging Proteins Through a Carbon Nano-Test Tube

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is one of the recent methods for obtaining high-resolution images of proteins. However, this technique comes with certain limitations. Researchers developed giant carbon nano-test tubes (GCNTTs)...

May 17, 2022

Ovarian Cancer Detection: Two Studies Reveal New Approach for Detecting the Disease Using a Nanosensor Platform

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers is currently working to address the problems encountered by patients with cancer who don't experience the symptoms until their illness has started to spread, and there are no reliable screening tests for early detection.

May 17, 2022

Balancing the Mass-Charge Problem in Asymmetric Supercapacitors

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a study published recently in the Journal of Advanced Science, an in situ produced metal-organic framework (MOF)-based thermal treatment was used to create extremely porous N-doped carbon nanotubes...

May 17, 2022

Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Functional ZnO Nanoparticles from Papaya

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A novel technique to synthesize and characterize zinc oxide-based nanoparticles using papaya leaf extract is presented in the study submitted to the journal Materials Today: Proceedings.

May 17, 2022

Advancements in AFM Solidify its Use in Nanomaterial Characterization

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers recently published a paper in the MDPI journal Materials that reviewed recent atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigations of halloysite nanotube (HNT) nanocomposites and HNTs to determine the feasibility of using the AFM tec...

May 17, 2022

Laser-Based Logic Gate Expedites Info Processing

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A logic gate developed by researchers from the University of Rochester and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg operates at femtosecond timescales, potentially enabling information processing at the petahertz limit. Logic ga...

May 17, 2022

Tiny dental nanobots generate heat to deep clean the teeth

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

The buildup of bacteria deep in our teeth can cause infections in difficult-to-reach areas, and scientists at the Indian Institute of Science have developed a set of tiny cleaning robots they believe are up to the task. The nano-sized machines can...

May 17, 2022

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