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Biomaterials and nanotechnology could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.

Feb 9, 2021

Study sheds light on dangerous nanomaterials lurking in our consumer products

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Our consumer products, such as food, cosmetics and clothes, might be filled with nanomaterials - unbeknownst to us.

Feb 9, 2021

Hot nano-chisel used to create artificial bones in a Petri dish

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists detail a system allowing them to sculpt, in a biocompatible material, the exact structure of the bone tissue, with features smaller than the size of a single protein -- a billion times smaller than a meter.

Feb 9, 2021

Design of a nanometric structure that improves solar cell efficiency

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

This new design is based on a “metasurface”, in other words a surface made up of small structures

Feb 9, 2021

Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces: Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Advances in the fields of biomaterials and nanotechnology could lead to big breakthroughs in the fight against dangerous viruses like the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Researchers describe possibilities being explored by scientists, comb...

Feb 9, 2021

Nanothermometry to improve anticancer strategies

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In hyperthermia treatments, the temperature is raised above physiological levels to induce the death of cancerous cells. The local application of hyperthermia is key for a successful treatment and to reduce damage to the healthy surrounding tissue...

Feb 9, 2021

Nanomaterials: The Invisible Killer Lurking in Our Consumer Products

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Our consumer products, such as food, cosmetics, and clothes, might be filled with nanomaterials — unbeknownst to us. The use of nanomaterials remains unregulated and... The post Nanomaterials: The Invisible Killer Lurking in Our Consumer Products...

Feb 9, 2021

SINGLE: An open-source software package to identify the atomic-resolution structure of nanocrystals

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Materials scientists typically use solution-phase transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to reveal the unique physiochemical properties of three-dimensional (3-D) structures of nanocrystals. In a new report on Science Advances, Cyril F. Reboul and...

Feb 9, 2021

Researchers use hot nano-chisel to create artificial bones in a Petri dish

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A holy grail for orthopedic research is a method for not only creating artificial bone tissue that precisely matches the real thing, but does so in such microscopic detail that it includes tiny structures potentially important for stem cell differ...

Feb 9, 2021

Researchers use hot nano-chisel to create artificial bones in a Petri dish

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This work could lead to efficient, detailed artificial bone tissue, opening doors to disease modeling, in vitro cell research on targeted therapies, drug screening and more.

Feb 9, 2021

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