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New Nanotechnology Could Help Generate Healthy Electricity in the Human Body

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new nanotechnology development by an international research team led by Tel Aviv University researchers will make it possible to generate electric currents and voltage within the human body through the activation of various organs (mechanical fo...

Jul 7, 2021

Researchers use multivalent gold nanoparticles to develop efficient molecular probe

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Cells play a precise game of telephone, sending messages to each other that trigger actions further on. With clear signaling, the cells achieve their goals. In disease, however, the signals break up and result in confused messaging and unintended ...

Jul 7, 2021

With a ‘Liquid Assembly Line,’ mRNA-Delivering-Nanoparticles Produced a Hundred Times Faster than Standard Microfluidic Technologies

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The COVID vaccines currently being deployed were developed with unprecedented speed, but the mRNA technology at work in some of them is an equally impressive success story. Because any desired mRNA sequence can be synthesized in massive quantities...

Jul 7, 2021

Novel Nanotechnology Can Generate Electricity Using Internal Organs of the Human Body, Replacing Batteries

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

New nanotechnology developed enables electric current generation using different organs inside the human body without harming it. This technology has potential in the field of medicine, particularly on pacemakers, eliminating the need for batteries.

Jul 7, 2021

Shape of extracellular vesicles in body fluids could be a biomarker for identifying cancer types

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A recent study by scientists from Japanese universities has shown that the shape of cell-derived nanoparticles, known as "extracellular vesicles" (EVs), in body fluids could be a biomarker for identifying types of cancer.

Jul 7, 2021

Quantum particles: Pulled and compressed

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Only recently researchers have levitated and cooled nanoparticles into the quantum regime. A research team led by Oriol Romero-Isart now proposes a way to harness the quantum properties of such particles before they lose them due to decoherence. T...

Jul 7, 2021

CNIO researchers help to decipher the structure of the large molecular machine that activates mTOR

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Every organism is a universe that lives thanks to the activities of tens of thousands of nanomachines, whose functions depend on their forms. Now, a group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has helped determine the structure of ...

Jul 7, 2021

The shape of nanoparticles in body fluids may help identify the type of cancer

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A recent study has shown that the shape of cell-derived nanoparticles, known as "extracellular vesicles" (EVs), in body fluids could be a biomarker for identifying types of cancer. In the study, scientists successfully measured the shape...

Jul 7, 2021

Researchers identify ultrastable single atom magnet

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience at Ewha Womans University (QNS) have shown that dysprosium atoms resting on a thin insulating layer of magnesium oxide have magnetic stability over days. In a study published in Nature Communic...

Jul 7, 2021

Light-harvesting nanoparticle catalysts show promise in quest for renewable carbon-based fuels

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers report that small quantities of useful molecules such as hydrocarbons are produced when carbon dioxide and water react in the presence of light and a silver nanoparticle catalyst.

Jul 6, 2021

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