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Novel use of iron-laced carbon nanofibers yields high-performance energy storage

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A new study by Chinese researchers demonstrates a novel approach to enhancing the storage performance of batteries and capacitors. The researchers developed a simple yet efficient way to produce a material with excellent performance for use in dev...

Apr 6, 2022

Regulated Loading of Noble Metal Nanocrystals on Reduced Graphene Oxide

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Noble metal nanocrystals (NCs) with well-controlled shapes have attracted the curiosity of many researchers. The regulated photo deposition approach for the production of noble metal nanocrystals is...

Apr 6, 2022

New Antiglaucoma Nano-Based Drug Carrier Proposed

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A new publication in the journal Carbohydrate Polymers focuses on the creation of a novel chitosan -graphene quantum dots (CS-GQDs) nanocomposite for the administration of latanoprost (LP), an...

Apr 6, 2022

"Scientists Identify Two Subsets of Neutrophils, Likely to Help in Treatments that Address Inflammatory Diseases"

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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago recognized two subtypes of neutrophils using a protein nanoparticle they designed and discovered that one of the subtypes can be employed as a drug...

Apr 6, 2022

"Sugar-Coated Nanoparticles Helps Treat Lung Fibrosis, Study Reveals"

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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have devised a cure for pulmonary fibrosis that involves employing nanoparticles coated with mannose, a sugar, to prevent a group of lung cells called...

Apr 6, 2022

New Search Algorithm Could Be Quantum Leap in Detection of Gravitational Waves

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A new method of identifying gravitational wave signals using quantum computing could provide a valuable new tool for future astrophysicists. A team from the University of Glasgow’s School of Physics & Astronomy have developed a quantum algorit...

Apr 6, 2022

Newly identified neutrophil subset is a promising therapeutic target for inflammatory diseases

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Using a protein nanoparticle they designed, scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified two distinct subtypes of neutrophils and found that one of the subtypes can be used as a drug target for inflammatory diseases.

Apr 5, 2022

"Sugar-coated nanoparticles target macrophages, reverse pulmonary fibrosis"

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Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a treatment for pulmonary fibrosis by using nanoparticles coated in mannose—a type of sugar—to stop a population of lung cells called macrophages that contribute to lung tissue scarri...

Apr 5, 2022

Team discovers a nanodrug that attacks cancer twice

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Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have proven that a drug delivery system based on lipid nanoparticles can utilize RNA to overcome resistance to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy in cancer treatments. The study opens a new path to a personal...

Apr 5, 2022

"Sugar-coated nanoparticles target macrophages, reverse pulmonary fibrosis: Nanoparticle platform delivers a nucleotide that blocks production of scar-promoting protein"

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Scientists have developed a treatment for pulmonary fibrosis by using nanoparticles coated in mannose -- a type of sugar -- to stop a population of lung cells called macrophages that contribute to lung tissue scarring. The cell-targeting method ho...

Apr 5, 2022

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