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A tiny anticancer weapon: Nano-sized particles trigger tumor cell self-destruction

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new twist on a decades-old anticancer strategy has shown powerful effects against multiple cancer types in a preclinical study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The experimental approach, whic...

Jan 15, 2025

Artificial motors mimic muscle proteins, opening new paths in nanotech

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have built an artificial motor capable of mimicking the natural mechanisms that power life. Just like the proteins in our muscles, which convert chemical energy into power to allow us to perform daily tasks, these tiny rotary motors use...

Jan 15, 2025

Scientists develop tiny anticancer weapon

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new twist on a decades-old anticancer strategy has shown powerful effects against multiple cancer types in a preclinical study. The experimental approach, which uses tiny capsules called small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), could offer an innova...

Jan 15, 2025

Sensor tech and water filtration: Graphene made permeable for ions

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A milestone in graphene research: Chemists have succeeded in controlling the passage of halide ions by deliberately introducing defects into a two-layer nanographene system. Their paper shows new perspectives for applications in water filtration o...

Jan 15, 2025

Graphene made permeable for ions

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A milestone in graphene research: Würzburg chemists have succeeded in controlling the passage of halide ions by deliberately introducing defects into a two-layer nanographene system. Their results have been published in Nature ("Bilayer nanog...

Jan 15, 2025

A Tour de Force: New “All-optical” Nanoscale Sensors of Force

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Photon-avalanching nanosensors access previously unreachable environments and could disrupt technologies from robotics to cellular biophysics and medicine to space travel.

Jan 15, 2025

Light-activated micro device expands ‘green’ electrochemistry

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Cornell chemists and nanofabrication experts have joined forces to create a 2 millimeter-wide, wireless, light-activated device to simplify electrochemistry for broad use.

Jan 15, 2025

SmartIR’s graphene-based radiator launches on SpaceX Falcon 9

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

SmartIR, a University of Manchester spinout, has announced that graphene-based adaptive radiator has launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-12 as part of Mission 2, a collaboration with Hydra Space and Alba Orbital.

Jan 15, 2025

SCP-Nano: A new technology to visualize nanocarriers in cells and tissues

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

How can we ensure that life-saving drugs or genetic therapies reach their intended target cells without causing harmful side effects? Researchers have taken an important step to answer this question. They have developed a method that, for the firs...

Jan 14, 2025

Diamond continues to shine: New properties discovered in diamond semiconductors

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Diamond, often celebrated for its unmatched hardness and transparency, has emerged as an exceptional material for high-power electronics and next-generation quantum optics. Diamond can be engineered to be as electrically conductive as a metal, by ...

Jan 14, 2025

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