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Nanoliposomes pave way for treatment of rare genetic disorder

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An international research team has developed a new therapy based on nanotechnology called nanoGLA for the treatment of Fabry disease. The new therapeutic solution has shown remarkable efficacy in preclinical studies. The study was published this D...

Dec 19, 2024

Scientists recreate molecular timers to control nanomachine activation rates

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Living organisms monitor time—and react to it—in many different ways, from detecting light and sound in microseconds to responding physiologically in pre-programmed ways, via their daily sleep cycle, monthly menstrual cycle, or to changes in the s...

Dec 19, 2024

This prototype sunscreen protects your skin and cools you off, too

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Wearing sunscreen is important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation but doesn't cool people off. However, a new formula protects against both UV light and heat from the sun using radiative cooling. The prototype sunbl...

Dec 19, 2024

Tinkering with the 'clockwork' mechanisms of life

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Opening new doors for the development of nanotechnologies in medicine and other fields, scientists recreate and compare two natural mechanisms to better program the timescale of molecular communication and functionality.

Dec 19, 2024

This prototype sunscreen protects your skin and cools you off, too

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Wearing sunscreen is important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation but doesn’t cool people off. However, a new formula, described in Nano Letters ("High-Performance Radiative Cooling Sunscreen"), protects agains...

Dec 19, 2024

Tinkering with the 'clockwork' mechanisms of life

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Living organisms monitor time – and react to it – in many different ways, from detecting light and sound in microseconds to responding physiologically in pre-programmed ways, via their daily sleep cycle, monthly menstrual cycle, or to changes in t...

Dec 19, 2024

Photons dance like pieces on a Go board

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In everyday life, light is a wave as is apparent from the colorful iridescence of opal gemstones, or from oil films on water puddles. We also take it for granted that light travels in all directions. Recently, however, scientists from the Universi...

Dec 19, 2024

Weak fluorination strategy unlocks graphene's potential for optoelectronic and energy applications

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from Tohoku University and collaborators have developed a weak fluorination strategy to address the zero-bandgap limitation of graphene.

Dec 18, 2024

New discovery by scientists redefines magnetism

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Step into a world so tiny, it defies imagination -- the nanoscale. Picture a single strand of hair, now shrink it a million times. You've arrived. Here, atoms and molecules are the architects of reality, building properties and phenomena that...

Dec 17, 2024

Nano drug delivery system heralds safer era for drug development

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team of researchers has created an innovative drug delivery system with outstanding potential to improve drug development.

Dec 17, 2024

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