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Research team develops anti-icing film that only requires sunlight

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A KAIST research team has developed an anti-icing and de-icing film coating technology that can apply the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles to industrial sites without the need for heating wires, periodic spray or oil coating of anti-freez...

Jan 16, 2024

Chemists find new way to rid boron nitride nanotubes of impurities

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Very strong, light materials that can withstand extremely high temperatures could usher in next-generation spacecraft, enhance current devices or enable the development of new biomedical imaging or hydrogen storage applications, among others.

Jan 16, 2024

Chemists find new way to rid boron nitride nanotubes of impurities

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers figured out how to get rid of hard-to-remove impurities in boron nitride nanotubes using phosphoric acid and fine-tuning the reaction.

Jan 16, 2024

Soldering wounds with light and nano thermometers

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Not every wound can be closed with needle and thread. Empa researchers have now developed a soldering process with nanoparticles that gently fuses tissue. The soldering technique is expected to prevent wound healing disorders and life-threatening ...

Jan 16, 2024

Intelligent Laser Wound Soldering Using Nanothermometers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Suturing a wound with a needle and thread was invented by man more than 5,000 years ago. This surgical premise has not altered much since then: incisions or tears in the tissue can be put together more or less properly depending on the fingertip s...

Jan 16, 2024

Scientists Create Anti-Icing and De-Icing Surface From Nanorods

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research team at KAIST has created a film coating technique that can be used to apply the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles to industrial locations.

Jan 16, 2024

Nanorobots Facilitate a 90% Decrease in Bladder Tumor Size

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A recent study published in Nature Nanotechnology describes how urea-powered nanorobots helped a research team shrink the growth of bladder tumors in mice by 90%.

Jan 16, 2024

Urine-powered nanobots shrink bladder cancer tumors in mice by 90%

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have developed a novel way to treat bladder cancer. Powered by urea, a waste substance found in urine, nanobots propel themselves to and penetrate the tumor to deliver their onboard radioactive treatment. After one dose, tumors in mous...

Jan 16, 2024

Graphene Quantum Dots Developed As Metal-Free Nanozymes Show Potential for Chemodynamic Cancer Therapy

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A research group has introduced a metal-free nanozyme based on graphene quantum dots for highly efficient tumor therapy. Check this article to find out more.

Jan 16, 2024

Plasmonic metasurface anti-icing film only requires sunlight

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed an anti-icing and de-icing film coating technology that can apply the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles to industrial sites without the need for heating wires, periodic spray or oil coating of anti-freeze substances, ...

Jan 16, 2024

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