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Are silver nanoparticles a silver bullet against microbes?

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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

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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

Renewable Solvent Cyrene™ Delivers High-Purity Nanoparticles for Medical Applications

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A study using renewable solvent CyreneTM, produced by biotechnology company Circa Group, found that high-purity nanoparticles can be produced – opening up opportunities to use CyreneTM as a more...

Jul 13, 2021

Seeing With Radio Waves: Breakthrough May Advance Quantum Computing

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Researchers at the University of Tsukuba use radio-frequency waves to image “spin-locked” defects in diamond with record-breaking resolution, which may lead to advances in material... The post Seeing With Radio Waves: Breakthrough May Advance Qua...

Jul 13, 2021

Towards Quantum Computing: Physicists Surpass Current Supercomputers With New Programmable Simulator

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Experts from Harvard-MIT are successful at building a new quantum computer that can simulate states of matter on a quantum level.

Jul 13, 2021

Higher-order topological superconductivity in monolayer Fe(Te,Se)

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Majorana zero modes have attracted tremendous attention due to their critical role in topological quantum computation. Current major experimental efforts focus on the hetero-structure approach, which is challenging due to the complexity of the int...

Jul 13, 2021

Are silver nanoparticles a silver bullet against microbes?

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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

Lactose-free milk with graphene oxide based nano filtration membranes

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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 the food industry. A research group led by Aaron Morelos-Gomez of Shinsh...

Jul 13, 2021

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