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New silicon nanowires can really take the heat

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. 

May 17, 2022

Expanded nanoscale imaging provides a clearer vision for the future of batteries

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

Battery cells are complex and evolving systems, and every particle has a story to tell. At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), there is a common consensus that X-ray imaging techniques hold the key to unlocking critical information ab...

May 17, 2022

Magnetic nanoparticles in biological vehicles individually characterized for the first time

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Imagine a tiny vehicle with a nanomagnetic structure, which can be steered through the human body via external magnetic fields. Arriving at its destination, the vehicle may release a drug, or heat up cancer cells without affecting healthy tissue. ...

May 17, 2022

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

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