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Under-skin sensor uses bits of gold to show bloodstream drug levels

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When a patient is receiving medication, it can be difficult to determine how much of the drug is actually making its way into their bloodstream. A new subdermal "tattoo" could help, thanks to its color-changing gold nanoparticles.Continu...

Apr 6, 2021

Graphene-like boron is stabilized by hydrogen, paving the way for practical applications – Physics World

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Analogue to graphane could be used in batteries and quantum computers The post Graphene-like boron is stabilized by hydrogen, paving the way for practical applications appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 6, 2021

Ammonia decomposition for hydrogen economy, improvement in hydrogen extraction efficiency

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For the implementation of an effective hydrogen economy in the forthcoming years, hydrogen produced from sources like coal and petroleum must be transported from its production sites to the end user, often over long distances and to achieve succes...

Apr 6, 2021

Terahertz Imaging of Graphene Paves the Way to Optimization and Industrialization

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Graphene Flagship researchers have developed a new measurement standard for the analysis of graphene and layered materials that could accelerate production and optimize device fabrication.... The post Terahertz Imaging of Graphene Paves the Way t...

Apr 6, 2021

Using Nanopore Sequencing for DNA Methylation Discovery

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Journal name: Nature Methods Title of the article: Discovering multiple types of DNA methylation from individual bacteria and microbiome using nanopore sequencing Corresponding author: Gang Fang,...

Apr 6, 2021

Researchers Develop a Novel Implantable Sensor Based on Color-Stable Gold Nanoparticles

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The idea of implantable sensors that continuously transmit information on vital values and concentrations of substances or drugs in the body has fascinated physicians and scientists for a long time....

Apr 6, 2021

Glass nanopore pulls DNA like spaghetti through a needle: The purely electrical technique captures cell-free DNA from the surface of a sample

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Nanopore sensing can extract cell-free DNA from a liquid sample. Researchers used electric current to direct free-floating DNA into the 20 nanometer opening of a glass tube. The DNA concentrated near the surface, making it relatively easy to colle...

Apr 6, 2021

Glass nanopore pulls DNA like spaghetti through a needle

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DNA sequencing has become so common, few realize how hard it is to even extract a single molecule of DNA from a biological sample.

Apr 6, 2021

Stable Nanosheets Offer Potential Applications in Nanoelectronics, Quantum Information Technology

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What is thinner than thin? One of the answers is 2D materials. These are unique materials of science whose width and length measure just one or two atoms thick. Structure of borophane sheet. Red,...

Apr 6, 2021

Tattoo made of gold nanoparticles revolutionizes medical diagnostics: Color changes of gold nanoparticles under the skin reveal concentration changes of substances in the body

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Scientists have developed a novel type of implantable sensor that continuously transmits information on vital values and concentrations of substances or drugs in the body and can be operated in the body for several months. The sensor is based on c...

Apr 6, 2021

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