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New Nanothin Coating Kills Superbugs, Fungi, Bacteria: Here's How It Works

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A new nanothin coating material could be added to wound dressings and biomedical implants to prevent and even treat dangerous bacteria and fungi infections - even from the notoriously resistant superbugs.

Apr 14, 2021

A new polymersome-based SARS-CoV-2 nanovaccine elicits robust immunity

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

As newer vaccines are being developed to combat the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), targeting the pathogen, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a new preprint research paper posted to the bioRxiv ...

Apr 14, 2021

Superbug killer: New nanotech destroys bacteria and fungal cells

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new dual bug killer is one of the thinnest antimicrobial coatings to date.The coating works by tearing bacteria and fungal cells apart, offering a smart solution to the twin global health threats of drug-resistant bacterial and fungal infections.

Apr 14, 2021

Lipid research may help solve COVID-19 vaccine challenges

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

New research by University of Texas at Dallas scientists could help solve a major challenge in the deployment of certain COVID-19 vaccines worldwide -- the need for the vaccines to be kept at below-freezing temperatures during transport and storag...

Apr 14, 2021

Self-assembling nanofibers prevent damage from inflammation

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage caused by inflammatory diseases by activating key cells in the immune system. In mouse models of psoriasis, the team showed that their...

Apr 14, 2021

Finally, 3D-printed graphene aerogels for water treatment

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

University at Buffalo engineers report a new process of 3D printing graphene aerogels that they say overcomes two key hurdles -- scalability and creating a version of the material that's stable enough for repeated use -- for water treatment.

Apr 14, 2021

Double capacity for NXTNano by end of 2021

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Markets for nanofibres continue to grow strongly....

Apr 14, 2021

Researchers study collective behavior of nanosatellites

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from the Skoltech Space Center (SSC) have developed nanosatellite interaction algorithms for scientific measurements using a tetrahedral orbital formation of CubeSats that exchange data and apply interpolation algorithms to create local...

Apr 13, 2021

Better Imperfections: Optically Active Defects Improve Carbon Nanotubes

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Heidelberg scientists achieve defect control with a new reaction pathway. The properties of carbon-based nanomaterials can be altered and engineered through the deliberate introduction of... The post Better Imperfections: Optically Active Defects...

Apr 13, 2021

New method for putting quantum correlations to the test

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

An international team of physicists has identified a new technique for testing the quality of quantum correlations. Quantum computers run their algorithms on large quantum systems by creating quantum correlations across all of them. It is importan...

Apr 13, 2021

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