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Nanoparticles made from corn juice inhibit tumor growth in mice

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

With the ability to be finely engineered to tackle the disease in different ways, nanoparticles hold huge potential when it comes to cancer treatment. Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have now demonstrated a low-cost and highly promi...

Feb 15, 2022

Regulating inflammation in Alzheimer's disease using a nanocleaner

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

In this new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, authors Ting Lei, Zhihang Yang, Xue Xia, Yuxiu Chen, Xiaotong Yang, Rou Xie, Fan Tong, Xiaolin Wang, Huile Gao from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China and Macau University of Scienc...

Feb 14, 2022

These 5 Charts Help Demystify the Global Chip Shortage

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

From PlayStations to Porsches, many consumer products have been hit by a chip shortage that began choking the global economy in 2020 and continues today. “We aren’t even close to being out of the woods,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tweet...

Feb 14, 2022

Hairy nanoparticles could reduce chemotherapy side effects – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Cellulose-based nanocrystals “capture” off-target cancer drugs, potentially saving healthy tissue from damage. The post Hairy nanoparticles could reduce chemotherapy side effects appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 14, 2022

What's inside a black hole? Physicist uses quantum computing, machine learning to find out

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Dude, what if everything around us was just ... a hologram?

Feb 14, 2022

Quantum errors made more tolerable

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

ETH physicists have modified one of the major schemes for quantum error correction and put it into practice, demonstrating that they can substantially prolong the lifetime of quantum states—a crucial ingredient for future large-scale quantum compu...

Feb 14, 2022

Switching plasmonic nanogaps between classical and quantum regimes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum plasmonics is the study of quantum properties of light and its interaction with matter at the nanoscale. While intriguing, they are difficult to regulate on account of the lack of proper surface spaces to reversibly actuate sub-1 nanometer...

Feb 14, 2022

'Amazing' nanoparticles from maize: A potent and economical anti-cancer therapeutic: Japanese researchers develop a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system from corn/maize to target cancer cells

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Nanomaterials have revolutionized the world of cancer therapy, and plant-derived nanoparticles have the added advantage of being cost-effective and easy to mass produce. Researchers have recently developed novel corn-derived bionanoparticles for t...

Feb 14, 2022

Disorder-engineered inorganic nanocrystals set a new efficiency record for ultrathin solar cells

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers report on a novel disorder-engineering technique for inorganic solar cells that achieves a record-breaking power conversion efficiency.

Feb 14, 2022

Researchers Reveal Why the Components of Nanowires Cling to Each Other

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanowires, which find their use in transistors, sensors, optoelectronic devices and other systems that need subatomic preciseness, like to stick together. Researchers reveal why...

Feb 14, 2022

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