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New glioma-targeted nano-therapeutic offers a potential treatment for glioblastomas

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With a survival rate of only five years, the most common and aggressive form of primary brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, is notoriously hard to treat using current regimens that rely on surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and their combinations.

Feb 24, 2021

Measuring carbon nanotubes taken up by plants

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Measuring carbon nanotubes taken up by plants.

Feb 24, 2021

Buckyballs on DNA for harvesting light

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Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology show that DNA can serve as a scaffold for light-harvesting supramolecules, where fluorescent dyes work as electron donors and buckyballs as electron acceptors. The DNA's regular 3D struct...

Feb 24, 2021

Fantastic voyage: Nanobodies could help CRISPR turn genes on and off

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"CRISPR can precisely locate specific genes," says Lacramioara Bintu, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford. "What we did was attach CRISPR to nanobodies to help it perform specific actions when it reached the right s...

Feb 24, 2021

Twin atoms: A source for entangled particles

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One of the most important phenomena in quantum physics is entanglement - used for quantum krypography, quantum computers and many other applications. While it is easy to create pairs of entangled photons, it is much harder to create entangled atom...

Feb 24, 2021

Prototype COVID-19 Test for Smartphones Delivers Faster and Accurate Results

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

French researchers developed a nanobody COVID-19 test prototype that delivers accurate results in under 10 minutes that shows results via smartphones without the need for lengthy lab processing.

Feb 23, 2021

D-Wave Demonstrates Quantum Simulation of Exotic Magnetism | NextBigFuture.com

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D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, today published a milestone study in collaboration with scientists at Google, demonstrating a computational performance advantage, increasing with both simulatio...

Feb 23, 2021

Nano Dimension AME Academy Event for 3D Additive Electronics | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

TheAME Academy is the first ever seminar on Additive Manufacturing of Electronics with leading industry experts. This online event will cover the future of additive manufacturing, software, hardware and automation for electronic devices. Attendees...

Feb 23, 2021

Biopolymer-coated nanocatalyst can help realize a hydrogen fuel-driven future

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists demonstrate enhanced hydrogen production from sunlight-assisted water splitting using a polydopamine-coated zinc sulfide nanorod catalyst.

Feb 23, 2021

Targeted delivery of highly toxic anti-cancer drug to brain tumors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers develop, tests nano-carrier as potential treatment for glioblastomas.

Feb 23, 2021

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