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Researchers have turned transparent calcite into artificial gold

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In a breakthrough in metamaterials, for the first time in the world, researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative nanotechnology that transforms a transparent calcite nanoparticle into a sparkling gold-like particle. In other wo...

Jun 10, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A molecule like a nanobattery: Chemical scientists decipher complex electronic structure of a three-nuclear metallorganic compound with the capacity of donating and receiving multiple electrons

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Washable, Breathable, and Stretchable e-Textiles Wirelessly Powered by Omniphobic Silk-based Coils Marina Sala de Medeiros, Debkalpa Goswami, Daniela Chanci, Carolina Moreno, and Ramses V. Martinez...

Jun 10, 2021

Scientists describe a possible disease-causing mechanism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have described a potential disease-causing mechanism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most frequent hereditary disease of the heart. The study, published in the ...

Jun 10, 2021

First-of-its-Kind Nanoparticle Platform Effectively Delivers Gene Therapies

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Scientists have developed polypeptide-based materials that act as effective vectors for delivering gene therapies. The first-of-its-kind platform enables the vectors to be adapted to suit the specific gene therapy cargo.

Jun 10, 2021

Carbon-based nanomaterials show promising results against SARS-CoV-2 and 12 other viruses

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Professor Ángel Serrano, principal investigator at the Biomaterials and Bioengineering Laboratory of the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV), recently published an article in journal ACS Nano, from the American Chemical Society, which shows that...

Jun 10, 2021

Extremely Bright Quantum Emitter Self-Heals

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A new approach to synthesizing quantum dots has significantly increased their use value, according to members of an international research collaboration. The method, called spray-synthesis, was developed jointly by professor Hao-Wu Lin and associa...

Jun 10, 2021

Toshiba Demonstrates Breakthrough in Long-distance Quantum Communications

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Toshiba’s Cambridge Research Laboratory demonstrated quantum communications over optical fibers exceeding 600 km in length. The work leverages a technique called dual-band stabilization, and it marks a significant advance in quantum-encrypted comm...

Jun 10, 2021

New family of atomic-thin electride materials discovered

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An exploratory investigation into the behavior of materials with desirable electric properties resulted in the discovery of a structural phase of two-dimensional (2D) materials. The new family of materials are electrides, wherein electrons occupy ...

Jun 10, 2021

Researchers turned transparent calcite into artificial gold

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? Researchers from Tel Aviv University developed a new platform that can serve as a basis for innovative medications.? Applying processes of nanotechnology, the researchers were able to turn transparent calcite into artificial gold that can be use...

Jun 10, 2021

ACS Nano: CNIC scientists describe a possible disease-causing mechanism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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A team led by Dr. Jorge Alegre-Cebollada has shown, for the first time, an association between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and mechanical alterations to a component of the contractile machinery of the heart

Jun 10, 2021

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