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Polypeptide self-assembly directed by the addition of cosolvents

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Very different nanostructures are formed through the self-assembly of a polypeptide depending on which of two cosolvents is added to the reaction mixture, three RIKEN chemists have shown. This discovery is of fundamental interest—offering fresh in...

Apr 7, 2021

Artificial intelligence to explore the biomolecular world

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EPFL scientists have developed AI-powered nanosensors that let researchers track various kinds of biological molecules without disturbing them.

Apr 7, 2021

Nanoconfinement concept improves safety of diagnostic contrast agent

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More than seven years ago Albert J. Sinusas, MD, a professor of medicine, radiology, and biomedical engineering, was working with a team of engineers for development of an imageable polymer for prevention of adverse remodeling after a heart attack...

Apr 7, 2021

Fast AFM scanning: realizing the gains of closed-loop velocity control – Physics World

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Nanopositioning specialist Queensgate is lining up a suite of enabling technologies for applications in high-speed, high-accuracy atomic force microscopy systems The post Fast AFM scanning: realizing the gains of closed-loop velocity control appea...

Apr 7, 2021

New Nanopore Technique Captures Cell-Free DNA from Biological Samples

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Although DNA sequencing has now turned more common, very few understand how difficult it is to extract even a single molecule of DNA from a biological sample. An illustration showing (a) how a glass...

Apr 7, 2021

Simple Laser Delivers High-Dimensional, Quantum-Like Classical Light

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An international team from China and South Africa used a laser to create an arbitrary dimensional light that team members characterized as “quantum like.” Using a simple laser commonly available in university teaching labs, the team showed eight-d...

Apr 7, 2021

Reality Is Almost Stranger Than Fiction: The Incredible Bacterial “Homing Missiles” That Scientists Want to Harness

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A Berkeley Lab-led team is digging into the bizarre bacteria-produced nanomachines that could fast-track microbiome science. Imagine there are arrows that are lethal when fired... The post Reality Is Almost Stranger Than Fiction: The Incredible B...

Apr 7, 2021

Development of a large CO2 conversion system, a core carbon neutrality technology

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The Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST), announced that a research team of Clean Energy Research Center, led by Dr. Hyung-Suk Oh, Dr. Yoon-Jung Hwang, and Dr. Woong-Hui Lee, has developed a sea urchin-shaped nano copper catalyst for a ...

Apr 7, 2021

Entropy measurements reveal exotic effect in "magic-angle" graphene

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Most materials go from being solids to liquids when they are heated. One rare counter-example is helium-3, which can solidify upon heating. This counterintuitive and exotic effect, known as the Pomeranchuk effect, may now have found its electronic...

Apr 7, 2021

Nanoparticles reveal their location via mirror SELFI

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A team of researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has shown for the first time that fluorescent nanoparticles placed near a mirror generate unique patterns that can be used to pinpoint their location.

Apr 7, 2021

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