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Newly developed, bioinspired cell delivery vehicles

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Nanocontainers can transport substances into cells where they can then take effect. This is the method used in, for example, the mRNA vaccines currently being employed against COVID-19 as well as certain cancer drugs. In research, similar transpor...

Aug 6, 2021

Using graphene foam to filter toxins from drinking water

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MIT-led research team fashions graphene foam into device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water.

Aug 6, 2021

Researchers Build Nanocrystals Using an Amalgamation of Two Metals

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Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed nanocrystals with two different metals using an amalgamation process where a solid metal is penetrated by a liquid metal. Intermetallic nanocrystals (electron...

Aug 6, 2021

A promising breakthrough: Nanocrystals made of amalgam

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Researchers at ETH have managed to produce nanocrystals made of two different metals using an amalgamation process whereby a liquid metal penetrates a solid one. This new and surprisingly intuitive technique makes it possible to produce a vast arr...

Aug 6, 2021

Towards Auger therapy with iodine-infused nanoparticles – Physics World

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Tumour masses containing iodine-infused nanoparticles shrank when hit with X-rays, hinting at potential for Auger therapy using high-Z elements The post Towards Auger therapy with iodine-infused nanoparticles appeared first on Physics World.

Aug 6, 2021

Hybrid Membrane Personalized Nanovaccine may Overcome Tumor Recurrence and Metastasis Challenges

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Thanks to the rapid development of nanotechnology, a research team led by Profs. NIE Guangjun, WU Yan and ZHAO Yuliang from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese...

Aug 6, 2021

Using Photoinduced Force Microscopy to Visualize Atomic-Scale Structures with Subnanometer Resolution

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A team of scientists led by the Department of Applied Physics at Osaka University, the Department of Physics and Electronics at Osaka Prefecture University, and the Department of Materials Chemistry...

Aug 6, 2021

Near-atomic look at three ways to thwart SARS-CoV-2 variants points to therapeutic possibilities

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SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies—microscopic molecules developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that neutralize the virus in animals—are remarkably active against mutations found in variants, including Delta, according to new research by ...

Aug 6, 2021

Theories predict 2D nanofluidic channels showing nonlinear conduction function as memory-effect transistors

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A team of researchers at Sorbonne Université has developed a way to show 2D nanofluidic channels carrying out nonlinear conduction functions as memory-effect transistors, using theory and simulations. In their paper published in the journal Scienc...

Aug 6, 2021

Metals merged into amalgam nanocrystals in new manufacturing method

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Engineers at ETH Zurich have developed a new, surprisingly simple method for merging two metals into one nanocrystal structure. The team says that this could allow almost any two metals to be combined, creating brand new types of “intermetallic na...

Aug 6, 2021

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