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DNA ‘catch-and-release’ enables urine test for brain cancer

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have developed a novel way of detecting brain cancer, using nanowires to ‘catch-and-release’ DNA in urine, enabling them to detect mutations that signify the presence of a brain tumor. Their method may one day mean that invasive tissue...

Jul 4, 2023

Graphene: The Supermaterial Shaping the Future of Science and Engineering

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Technological advances, like bronze, iron, steel, and silicon shaped history, while graphene, a supermaterial, may revolutionize physics and engineering's future. Read the article to learn more.

Jul 4, 2023

At Last, Single-Photon Cameras Could Peer into Your Brain

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Superconductor-based cameras that can detect a single photon—the smallest smidgeon of light—have existed for 20 years, but they’ve remained confined to laboratories due to the inability to scale them past a few pixels. Now, a team at the National ...

Jul 3, 2023

Researchers create antenna for nanoscale light sources using unusual placement of semiconductor material

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The fast switching and modulation of light is at the heart, among other things, of modern data transfer, in which information is sent through fiber optic cables in the shape of modulated light beams. It has been possible for several years now to m...

Jul 3, 2023

An unexpected antenna for nanoscale light sources

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have created an antenna for light sources on a chip using an unusual placement of a semiconductor material. In the future, efficient nanoscale LEDs and lasers could be produced in this way.

Jul 3, 2023

Researchers create unique antenna for light sources on a chip

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at ETH Zürich, Empa, ICFO and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have created an antenna for light sources on a chip using an unusual placement of a semiconductor material. In the future, efficient nanoscale LEDs and...

Jul 3, 2023

Scientists develop highly porous materials for electronic and photocatalytic applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A facile technique for reproducibly creating Swiss-cheese-like nanomaterials has been developed by researchers at KAUST. This material, and the method required to create it, could help in the development of further advanced materials with applicat...

Jul 3, 2023

Urine tests identify brain tumors by capturing cancer DNA using nanowires

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A group led by researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has developed a technology to capture and release cell-free DNA (cfDNA) on nanowire surfaces from urine. By extracting this DNA, they were able to successfully detect IDH1 mutation, a charac...

Jul 3, 2023

China's FAST in the Hunt for Nanohertz Gravitational Waves

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A recent breakthrough in the field of gravitational wave detection has been achieved by scientists in China, who have found vital evidence of nanohertz gravitational waves, thanks to pulsar timing observations performed with the Five-hundred-meter...

Jul 3, 2023

New technology to capture and release cfDNA on nanowire surfaces from urine

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A group led by researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has developed a technology to capture and release cell-free DNA (cfDNA) on nanowire surfaces from urine.

Jul 3, 2023

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