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New nanoparticle-based drug boosts the body’s innate immune system to fight tumors

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A new nanoparticle-based drug can boost the body's innate immune system and make it more effective at fighting off tumors, researchers at UT Southwestern have shown.

Feb 8, 2021

STINGing Tumors With Nanoparticles – Boosting the Body’s Innate Immune System to Fight Cancer

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New immunotherapy drug activates the body’s innate immune system to fight cancer. A new nanoparticle-based drug can boost the body’s innate immune system and make... The post STINGing Tumors With Nanoparticles – Boosting the Body’s Innate Immune ...

Feb 8, 2021

NIST Develops Compact Laser-Cooled Atom Trap

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Using lasers, scientists can deep-freeze atoms down to a hair’s breadth above absolute zero. Because such cold atoms move very slowly, their properties can easily be measured. That makes them especially good for making ever-more-precise atomic cl...

Feb 8, 2021

A New Kind of Magnetism Formed by “Magnetic Graphene” – Could Reveal Secrets of Superconductivity

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Researchers have identified a new form of magnetism in so-called magnetic graphene, which could point the way toward understanding superconductivity in this unusual type of... The post A New Kind of Magnetism Formed by “Magnetic Graphene” – Could...

Feb 8, 2021

Physicists discover important new property for graphene

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Unconventional form of ferroelectricity could impact next-generation computing.

Feb 8, 2021

Silicon anode structure generates new potential for lithium-ion batteries

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New research has identified a nanostructure that improves the anode in lithium-ion batteries. Instead of using graphite for the anode, the researchers turned to silicon: a material that stores more charge but is susceptible to fracturing. The team...

Feb 8, 2021

Bionic Muscles That Are Stronger, Faster, and More Efficient

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Polymer-coated carbon nanotube yarns the thickness of human hair have 10 times the capability of human muscles

Feb 8, 2021

Bionic Muscles That Are Stronger, Faster, and More Efficient

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Artificial muscles, once a tangle of elaborate servomotors, and hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, is now a thing of shape-memory alloys and hair-thin carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers. Bionics are, in brief, getting smaller—though perhaps not simpler...

Feb 8, 2021

New microscopy concept enters into force

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The development of scanning probe microscopes in the early 1980s brought a breakthrough in imaging, throwing open a window into the world at the nanoscale. The key idea is to scan an extremely sharp tip over a substrate and to record at each locat...

Feb 8, 2021

'Magnetic graphene' forms a new kind of magnetism

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Researchers have identified a new form of magnetism in so-called magnetic graphene, which could point the way toward understanding superconductivity in this unusual type of material.

Feb 8, 2021

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