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Nanotechnology and the Internet of Things: Boosting efficiency and capability

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Key components that are essential to the functioning of the Internet of Things include sensors and devices, network connectivity, data storage and processing, user interfaces, and security. Many aspects of these elements can be enhanced by nanotec...

Jan 9, 2023

Self-assembling proteins can store cellular “memories”

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Using these engineered proteins, researchers can record histories that reveal when certain genes are activated or how cells respond to a drug.

Jan 9, 2023

Mito, Cardea Bio spearhead ISO graphene standardization efforts

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Specialty chemicals company Mito Material Solutions  and Cardea Bio recently announced significant progress in the international efforts to standardize graphene together with the National Institute of Standards (NIST). Brett Goldsmith, PhD, chief ...

Jan 9, 2023

Nanoplastics Promote Reactive Oxidation in the Presence of Light, Affecting Contaminant Transport in Water Systems

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Engineers discovered that nanoplastics facilitate the production of manganese oxide on polystyrene nanoparticles when exposed to light. Read the article to know more about it.

Jan 9, 2023

New Quantum Computing Architecture Could Be Used to Connect Large-Scale Devices

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Quantum computers hold the promise of performing certain tasks that are intractable even on the world’s most powerful supercomputers. In the future, scientists anticipate using quantum computing to emulate materials systems, simulate quantum chemi...

Jan 9, 2023

New Imaging Method Captures Quantum Material's Transient Phase

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Light manipulation of transient phases in quantum materials is becoming an increasingly popular method for creating novel properties and functions, such as creating nanoscale topological defects. However, visualizing the formation of a new phase i...

Jan 9, 2023

COVID-19 vaccine potency and breadth improved by nanoparticle-conjugated adjuvants

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

In a recent study posted to bioRxiv*, researchers designed a nanoparticle (NP)-conjugated toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist to improve the adjuvanticity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines.

Jan 8, 2023

Inorganic Food Additives Might Make Babies More Vulnerable to Potentially Life-Threatening Allergies

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Inorganic nanoparticles were found to potentially cross the placental barrier and enter breastmilk, increasing the risk of food allergies in infants.

Jan 8, 2023

All-Canadian Project Arrow concept unveiled at CES, with graphene battery tech by VoltaXplore

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Project Arrow, a collaboration between nearly 60 different companies in Canada that is led by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA), aims to develop an all-Canadian electric SUV. A few days ago, at the CES (Consumer Electronics Sh...

Jan 8, 2023

New material made from a covalent network of fullerenes dubbed "grapehene's cousin"

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A team of researchers from Columbia University, University of Virginia, University of Rhode Island, Amherst College, Barnard College and Harvard University have discovered a new type of carbon material: graphullerene.

Jan 7, 2023

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