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New spray could someday help heal damage after a heart attack

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although modern surgical techniques, diagnostics and medications have greatly improved early survival from these events, many patients struggle with the long-...

Jul 14, 2021

New mechanism of superconductivity discovered in graphene

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New mechanism of superconductivity discovered in graphene. Placing a 2D Bose-Einstein condensate in the vicinity of a graphene layer confers superconductivity to the material.

Jul 14, 2021

Developing lactose-free milk with graphene oxide based nano filtration membranes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Over the past years, graphene oxide membranes have been mainly studied for water desalination and dye separation. However, membranes have a wide range of applications, such as within the food industry. A research group led by Aaron Morelos-Gomez o...

Jul 13, 2021

Are silver nanoparticles a silver bullet against microbes?

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Antimicrobials are used to kill or slow the growth of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. They are essential to preventing and treating infections, but they also pose a global threat to public health when microorganisms develop antimicrobi...

Jul 13, 2021

Custom-made MIT tool probes materials at the nanoscale

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

A scattering-type scanning nearfield optical microscope offers advantages to researchers across many disciplines.

Jul 13, 2021

Adiabatic Quantum Graph Matching with Permutation Matrix Constraints

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Recently, functional quantum computers became available for the research community. They enable researchers to investigate the application of

Jul 13, 2021

Are silver nanoparticles a silver bullet against microbes?

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Antimicrobials are used to kill or slow the growth of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. They can be in the form of antibiotics, used to treat bodily infections, or as an additive or coating on commercial products used to keep germs at ba...

Jul 13, 2021

Near-infrared synergy therapy for cancer nanoclusters

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As a minimally-invasive method for cancer therapy at precise locations, NIR-induced photothermal therapy (PTT) has drawn extensively attention. The therapeutic mechanism is the use of photothermal agents (PTAs) in the treatment of tumors,and its t...

Jul 13, 2021

Surmounting supercooling to improve heat storage technologies – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Silver nanoparticles stimulate crystallization in supercooled solutions, enabling potential improvements in heat-storing materials The post Surmounting supercooling to improve heat storage technologies appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 13, 2021

“React and inject”: synthetic peptide-modified nanodiamonds as emergency pan-coronavirus vaccines

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A recent study published in the MDPI journal, Pathogens, describes a coronavirus peptide vaccine antigen in the form of nanodiamond-based formulations, that demonstrated a robust and long-lasting immune response. The nanodiamonds proved to be a po...

Jul 13, 2021

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