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'Nanodecoy' therapy binds and neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 virus

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Nanodecoys made from human lung spheroid cells (LSCs) can bind to and neutralize SARS-CoV-2, promoting viral clearance and reducing lung injury in a macaque model of COVID-19. By mimicking the receptor that the virus binds to rather than targeting...

Jun 17, 2021

University of Groningen scientists design superfast molecular motor

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Light-driven molecular motors have been around for over twenty years. These motors typically take microseconds to nanoseconds for one revolution. Thomas Jansen, associate professor of physics at the University of Groningen, and Master's stude...

Jun 17, 2021

Scientists achieve ultra-fast optical orbiting of nanoparticles at subdiffraction scale

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Recently, a team led by Prof. JIANG Yuqiang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with researchers from the National University of Singapore, University of Electronic Science and...

Jun 17, 2021

"Wonder Material" Can Be Used to Detect COVID-19 Virus Quickly and Accurately

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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have successfully used graphene — one of the strongest, thinnest known materials — to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory experiments. The researchers say the discovery could be a breakthroug...

Jun 16, 2021

Researchers uncover unique properties of a promising new superconductor

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An international team of physicists led by the University of Minnesota has discovered that a unique superconducting metal is more resilient when used as a very thin layer. The research is the first step toward a larger goal of understanding unconv...

Jun 16, 2021

Graphene 'camera' captures real-time electrical activity of beating heart

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Bay Area scientists have captured the real-time electrical activity of a beating heart, using a sheet of graphene to record an optical image—almost like a video camera—of the faint electric fields generated by the rhythmic firing of the heart'...

Jun 16, 2021

Genetically engineered nanoparticle delivers dexamethasone directly to inflamed lungs

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Nanoengineers have developed immune cell-mimicking nanoparticles that target inflammation in the lungs and deliver drugs directly where they're needed. As a proof of concept, the researchers filled the nanoparticles with the drug dexamethason...

Jun 16, 2021

Machine learning can now reduce worry about nanoparticles in food

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While crop yield has achieved a substantial boost from nanotechnology in recent years, the alarms over the health risks posed by nanoparticles within fresh produce and grains have also increased. In particular, nanoparticles entering the soil thro...

Jun 16, 2021

'Wonder material' can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately: Researchers show a graphene-based sensor can detect SARS-CoV-2

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Researchers have successfully used graphene -- one of the strongest, thinnest known materials -- to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory experiments.

Jun 16, 2021

Graphene 'camera' captures real-time electrical activity of beating heart: Graphene sheet acts like video camera to record fleeting electrical signals of neurons, cardiac cells

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Scientists today track electrical signals and voltage changes in neurons and muscle cells by labeling individual cells or probing with electrodes. Scientists have now developed a new type of sensor that employs a sheet of graphene to get a continu...

Jun 16, 2021

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