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Graphene-coated face masks: COVID-19 miracle or another health risk?

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As a COVID-19 and medical device researcher, I understand the importance of face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. So I am intrigued that some mask manufacturers have begun adding graphene coatings to their face masks to inactivate t...

May 5, 2021

Using flexible microparticles as drug carriers to shuttle nanoparticles to the vascular wall

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Drug carriers that target the vascular endothelium must adhere to the endothelial vessel wall to achieve clinical stability. The particle size is a critical physical property to prescribe particle margination within biological blood flows and thos...

May 5, 2021

A material keyboard made of graphene

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Researchers at ETH Zurich have succeeded in turning specially prepared graphene flakes either into insulators or into superconductors by applying an electric voltage. This technique even works locally, meaning that in the same graphene flake regio...

May 5, 2021

Biologically inspired artificial muscles made from motor proteins

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Inside our cells, and those of the most well-known lifeforms, exist a variety of complex compounds known as "molecular motors." These biological machines are essential for various types of movement in living systems, from the microscopic...

May 5, 2021

Nanoparticle (SpFN) vaccine candidate elicits multifactorial cellular immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 in vivo

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Researchers have developed a promising new anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)vaccine candidate that utilizes nanotechnology and shows robust, long-lived immunity in mouse models.

May 5, 2021

Scientists Uncover Nanoplastics and Other Pollutants Released from Disposable Face Masks

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Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water. The research reveals high levels of...

May 5, 2021

Research Investigates Whether Combination of Nanoparticles and Light Waves can Better Treat Battlefield TBIs

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Chair of the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington is investigating whether a combination of nanoparticles and light therapy can better treat traumatic brain injuries on...

May 5, 2021

Colloidal Nanoparticles Advance Frontiers of Synthetic Chemistry

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Researchers from the School of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews (UK) are using a DrySyn Spiral Evaporator from Asynt to help synthesize novel reactive colloidal nanoparticles that present an...

May 5, 2021

Researchers confront major hurdle in quantum computing

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Quantum science has the potential to revolutionize modern technology with more efficient computers, communication, and sensing devices. But

May 5, 2021

Integrated Metaform Device Delivers Compact AR/VR Eyewear

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A team from the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics imprinted freeform optics with a metasurface, in a combination of optical technologies that charts a course for a new fabrication method for AR/VR glasses. The metasurface, a silver nan...

May 5, 2021

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