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Cancer Cells Discovered to Disarm Attackers Using Nano Tentacles to Deplete Immune System

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Bringham and Women's Hospital in collaboration with MIT discovered how cancer cells used nanoscale tentacles to slurp the immune cell's mitochondria to proliferate and metastasize in the human body.

Nov 19, 2021

Cancer cells disarm cellular attackers by extending out nanoscale tentacles

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

To grow and spread, cancer cells must evade the immune system. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT used the power of nanotechnology to discover a new way that cancer can disarm its would-be cellular attackers by extending ...

Nov 18, 2021

Wireless Networks Operating in Terahertz Frequencies

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

In the future, the spectrum that is being considered for future 6G networks will be in frequencies that have never been used in the history of any wireless communications, turning to the terahertz (THz) frequencies. Researchers are now specificall...

Nov 18, 2021

Researchers Measure Thermal Transport Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Devices have been shrinking by the day, and new difficulties in their measurement and design present themselves. The electric transport properties of devices based on molecular junctions, where single molecules are bound to semiconductors or metal...

Nov 18, 2021

Cancer cells use 'tiny tentacles' to suppress the immune system

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

To grow and spread, cancer cells must evade the immune system. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT used the power of nanotechnology to discover a new way that cancer can disarm its would-be cellular attackers by extending ...

Nov 18, 2021

Nested nanowells speed single cell studies

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers tracking the behavior of cancerous tumor cells have a new tool in their arsenal that can process 10 times the number of cells in one day. A new nested nanoPOTS chip, developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was report...

Nov 18, 2021

FLAG-ERA announces funding for 10 new projects on graphene research and applications

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

FLAG-ERA has announced the funding of 10 new projects on graphene and related materials, which will become partnering projects of the Graphene Flagship. The projects split between basic and applied research and innovation, covering areas from magn...

Nov 18, 2021

Nested Nanowells Speed Single Cell Studies

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers tracking the behavior of cancerous tumor cells have a new tool in their arsenal that can process 10 times the number of cells in one day. A new nested nanoPOTS chip, developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was report...

Nov 18, 2021

Superconducting Silicon-Photonic Chip Developed for Quantum Communication

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers resolve a long-standing challenge in quantum optics: optimal Bell-state measurement of time-bin encoded qubits, to enhance the key rate of secure quantum communication.

Nov 17, 2021

IBM 127 Qubit Processor and Targets 1000 Qubits in 2023 | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

IBM announced a new 127-quantum bit (qubit) ‘Eagle’ processor at the IBM Quantum Summit 2021.

Nov 17, 2021

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