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The Morning After: Amazon is raising the price of Prime

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Amazon Prime is increasing in price for the first time since 2018. The monthly fee is going up to $15 (previously $13), or $139 per year (previously $119).

Feb 4, 2022

Stable nanovesicles for the delivery of microRNA in cancer treatment

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at ICMAB present a study on new nanovesicles, known as quatsomes, which have been successfully engineered to encapsulate and deliver microRNAs for the treatment of tumors. These nanovesicles are produced by a simple GMP compliant proce...

Feb 4, 2022

Self-templating, solvent-free supramolecular polymer synthesis

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A polymer that catalyzes its own formation in an environmentally friendly solvent-free process has been developed by an all-RIKEN team of chemists. The discovery could lead to the development of inherently recyclable polymer materials that are mad...

Feb 4, 2022

AEH attracts a £3.5 million investment to advance its graphene-based vertical farming system

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

UK-based AEH Innovative Hydrogel Limited announced that the company received a £3.5 million investment from agri-tech leader Terra Sana Holdings.AEH, established in 2018 and located at Manchester University's GEIC center, develops food-based ...

Feb 4, 2022

Atomically crafted quantum magnets and their anomalous excitations

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum magnets can be studied using high-resolution spectroscopic studies to access magnetodynamic quantities including energy barriers, magnetic interactions, and lifetime of excited states. In a new report now published in Science Advances, Sas...

Feb 4, 2022

Magic-angle graphene switches from superconductor to ferromagnet – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New finding could help researchers study the interplay between superconductivity and magnetism The post Magic-angle graphene switches from superconductor to ferromagnet appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 4, 2022

Fighting Bacteria with Vancomycin-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Materials that demonstrated the viability of using vancomycin-functionalized gold nanoparticles (V-GNPs) against pathogenic bacterial...

Feb 4, 2022

New chemical glucose sensing tech based on boronic acids and graphene foam

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at the University of Bath, in collaboration with industrial partner Integrated Graphene, have developed a sensing technique based on graphene foam, for the detection of glucose levels in the blood.

Feb 4, 2022

Novel Nanoarray SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Helps Protect Immunocompromised

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Novel COVID-19 research on a modular vaccine platform has been posted to the Research Square / Scientific Reports preprint* server. The researchers present a peptide nanoarray scaffold vaccine that may prove useful for infection control of the sev...

Feb 4, 2022

Training the Robot Scientist to Synthesize Nanocrystals

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Fabrication of materials using data-based techniques is being welcomed as a new strategy that will replace human scientists' hit and miss tests and labor demanding jobs. In an article...

Feb 4, 2022

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