World news

Results: 32719
arrow_upward arrow_downward

For sustainable sulfur-tolerant catalysts, alloy the precious metals with phosphorus

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers demonstrated that phosphorus-alloying significantly increases the activity of precious metal nanoparticles for the deoxygenation of sulfoxides into sulfides. In particular, ruthenium phosphide nanoparticles exhibit excellent catalytic ...

Jan 12, 2022

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE pre-orders at Amazon come with a $100 gift card

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Samsung's Galaxy S21 FE smartphone is still only available as a pre-order, but it's already available with a discount of sorts. If you pre-order the S21 FE from Amazon, with shipping set to start around January 14th, you'll get a $1...

Jan 12, 2022

New Type of Protection for Nanomedicines Against Immune System Attacks Developed

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Penn State scholars developed an effective protection that could help nanomedicines pass through the immune system without being targeted by complement attacks during treatments.

Jan 12, 2022

An ice-inspired lubricant improves osteoarthritis symptoms in rats

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

With the Winter Olympics approaching, many people will soon be tuning in to watch events that take place on ice, such as figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey. An ultrathin, super-lubricating layer of water on the ice's surface is esse...

Jan 12, 2022

New nanocrystals put a tiny twist on useful materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new kind of tiny particle is a big deal in UO chemist Carl Brozek's lab. He and his team have made a versatile kind of porous material called a metal-organic framework, or MOF, into nanocrystals—a form that's easier to use beyond the l...

Jan 12, 2022

Researchers Create Nanobombs Capable of Attacking Only the Cancer Cells

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Bioinspired by tunicates and mussels, a Korean research team has created a “bomb-like” anticancer therapeutic agent that only destroys cancer cells. Schematic diagram of the mechanism of...

Jan 12, 2022

Building a silicon quantum computer chip atom by atom

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A University of Melbourne-led team has perfected a technique for embedding single atoms in a silicon wafer one-by-one. Their technology offers the potential to make quantum computers using the same methods that have given us cheap and reliable con...

Jan 12, 2022

New Technique Developed to Improve the Efficiency of Nanomedicines

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered a new, more effective method of preventing the body's own proteins from treating nanomedicines like foreign invaders, by covering the nanoparticles...

Jan 12, 2022

Bruker introduces fast BioAFM for automated mechanobiology

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Bruker today announced the release of the JPK NanoWizard® V BioAFM, a novel system that marks a milestone in automation and ease of use for life science atomic force microscopy research.

Jan 12, 2022

Using only 100 atoms, electric fields can be detected and changed

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The body is full of electrical signals. Researchers have now created a new nanomaterial that is capable of both detecting and modulating the electric field. This new material can be used in vitro studies for 'reading and writing' the ele...

Jan 11, 2022

REFINE