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Video Friday: Fluidic Fingers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send us your events!)...

Jul 16, 2021

MIT.nano receives American Institute of Architects’s Top Ten Award for sustainable design

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

“Committee on the Environment” recognizes integration of design excellence with environmental performance.

Jul 16, 2021

A simplified method for calibrating optical tweezers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Measurements of biomechanical properties inside living cells require minimally-invasive methods. Optical tweezers are particularly attractive as a tool. They use the momentum of light to trap and manipulate micro- or nanoscale particles. A team of...

Jul 16, 2021

MIT Novel Cancer Diagnostic Urine Test Uses Nanoparticles to Detect and Locate Cancer Cells

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from MIT designed a novel cancer diagnostic tests using simple urine tests which will show if cancer cells reacted to nanoparticles ingested and help locate where the abnormal growth is occurring.

Jul 16, 2021

Acidity-activatable dynamic nanoparticles boost cancer immunotherapy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Immunotherapy has great potential in clinical cancer treatment due to systematic activation of antitumor immunity. However, low immunogenicity, or negative feedback on immunotherapy, greatly hinders the efficacy of currently used cancer immunother...

Jul 16, 2021

New 2D-Nanosheet-Based UV Photodetector Shows Record Photocurrent Stability

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Two-dimensional “nanosheets” formed of bonds between metal atoms and organic molecules are considered to be appealing candidates for photoelectric conversion but tend to get corroded...

Jul 16, 2021

Unlocking Efficient Light-Energy Conversion with Stable Coordination Nanosheets

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists design a high-performance, self-powered, UV photodetector using 2D nanosheets that show record photocurrent stability under air exposure.

Jul 16, 2021

Nanosphere at the quantum limit

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at ETH Zurich have trapped a tiny sphere measuring a hundred nanometres using laser light and slowed down its motion to the lowest quantum mechanical state. Based on this, one can study quantum effects in macroscopic objects and build ...

Jul 16, 2021

DNA-Constructed Nanomaterials Possible to Trap and Neutralize Virus

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanotechnology is being eyed by experts as the new, effective, and reliable medium against viruses. Nanocapsules, which uses DNA structure, are now under development to trap and neutralize viruses.

Jul 16, 2021

Unlocking Efficient Light-Energy Conversion with Stable Coordination Nanosheets

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Two-dimensional “nanosheets” made of bonds between metal atoms and organic molecules are attractive candidates for photoelectric conversion, but get corroded easily. Scientists from...

Jul 16, 2021

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