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Molecules bend, properties change: How nanographene transforms through oxidation

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Graphene and its molecular fragments, known as nanographenes, are key materials for next-generation organic electronics due to their tunable π-electron frameworks. The physical and electronic properties of nanographenes are highly sensitive to mol...

Oct 28, 2025

Engineered extracellular vesicles halt lung cancer growth by silencing key protein

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In the quest for more targeted lung cancer treatments, a researcher at the University of Missouri thinks the solution may lie in tiny bubble-shaped packages that cells use to talk to each other.

Oct 28, 2025

Nanoparticle solution helps lasers pulverize kidney stones with improved efficiency

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During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. It's better for the patient if urologists can break kidney stones down as finely as...

Oct 28, 2025

Programmable nanopores enable universal DNA computing and label-free biosensors

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A label-free nanopore platform uses programmable DNA circuits to build versatile molecular logic gates, forming a universal basis for scalable DNA computing and advanced biosensing applications.

Oct 28, 2025

Crystal-free mechanoluminescence illuminates new possibilities for next-generation materials

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Flexible films challenge long-held scientific views on the necessity of crystals for mechanoluminescence.

Oct 28, 2025

Researchers develop graphene coating for aircraft stealth applications

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Researchers from Beijing University of Technology, Harbin University and Peking University have developed a graphene-based metasurface designed for electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption in high-speed aerospace applications.

Oct 28, 2025

AI optical microscope analyzes 2D materials as precisely as human experts

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Haozhe "Harry" Wang's electrical and computer engineering lab at Duke welcomed an unusual new lab member this fall: artificial intelligence. Using publicly available AI foundation models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta's...

Oct 27, 2025

Metallic nanodots use reactive oxygen to selectively kill cancer cells

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An international research team led by RMIT University has created tiny particles, known as nanodots, made from a metallic compound that can kill cancer cells while leaving healthy cells largely unharmed. While this work is still at the cell-cultur...

Oct 27, 2025

Memristors achieve stable resistance values tied to fundamental constants of nature

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Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich, together with international collaborators, have demonstrated for the first time that memristors—novel nanoscale switching devices—can provide stable resistance values directly linked to fundamental constant...

Oct 27, 2025

Nanodots show promise for targeted cancer treatments

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Researchers made naodots from a metallic compound, molybdenum oxide, that can kill cancer cells while leaving healthy cells largely unharmed.

Oct 27, 2025

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