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Drug-loaded nanoparticles dissolve only in cancer cells

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Killing cancer cells isn’t particularly hard – the tricky part is doing so without harming healthy cells. Researchers at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) have developed nanoparticles that selectively release drugs inside tumors, while ...

Dec 21, 2020

Science | AAAS

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Life-threatening responses seen in at least eight people could be linked to polyethylene glycol, known to trigger reactions to some drugs

Dec 21, 2020

Goldilocks and the three quantum dots: This one's just right for peak solar panel performance

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Maximising the efficiency of renewable energy technology is dependent on creating nanoparticles with ideal dimensions and density, new simulations have shown. Scientists have developed a process for calculating the perfect size and density of quan...

Dec 21, 2020

Nanoplastics alter intestinal microbiome and threaten human health

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A review study led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the CREAF and the University of Aveiro concludes that nanoplastics change the composition and diversity of gut microbiome in vertebrates and invertebrates. The effects of a widespr...

Dec 21, 2020

Researchers identify a rare genetic bone disorder through massive sequencing methods

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Researchers of the Cell Biology and Physiology-LABRET group of the University of Malaga (UMA), together with the Networking Biomedical Research Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), have described a new genetic skele...

Dec 21, 2020

Entangled Photons Created 100 Times More Efficiently Than Previously Possible

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Fast, ultra-bright photon source brings scalable quantum photonics within reach. Super-fast quantum computers and communication devices could revolutionize countless aspects of our lives — but first,... The post Entangled Photons Created 100 Time...

Dec 19, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanotechnology -- nanoparticles as weapons against cancer

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Many chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancers are associated with side-effects of varying severity, because they are toxic to normal cells as well as malignant tumors. This has motivated the sear...

Dec 19, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Ultra-fast gas flows through tiniest holes in 2D membranes: Researchers from the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester and the University of Pennsylvania identify ultra-fast gas flows through atomic-scale apertures in 2D membrane and validate a century-old e

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester and the University of Pennsylvania have identified ultra-fast gas flows through the tiniest holes in one-atom-thin memb...

Dec 19, 2020

Sustained, High-Fidelity Quantum Teleportation Achieved for the First Time

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A viable quantum internet — a network in which information stored in qubits is shared over long distances through entanglement — would transform the fields... The post Sustained, High-Fidelity Quantum Teleportation Achieved for the First Time app...

Dec 19, 2020

High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Reveals COVID-19 Surface Transmission Mechanism

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Paderborn University investigated COVID-19 transmission mechanisms. The study results could make a significant contribution to combating COVID-19 and have now been published in Advanced Nano-Biomed... The post High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy R...

Dec 18, 2020

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