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The perfect angle for e-skin energy storage

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The trick to extremely thin supercapacitors with improved performance is spraying graphene ink at an angle.

Oct 13, 2020

Controlling the speed of enzyme motors brings biomedical applications of nanorobots closer

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A new study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, describes a tool for modulating nanomotors powered by enzymes, broadening their potential biomedical and environmental applications.

Oct 13, 2020

Building 'ToxAll' -- a smart, self-assembling nano-vaccine to prevent toxoplasmosis

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A team of researchers at the University of Chicago are developing a toolbox of self-assembling nanoparticles to be used as vaccines against infections including the parasitic Toxoplasma gondii.

Oct 13, 2020

Combination therapy against cancer

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In their quest to destroy cancer cells, researchers are turning to combinational therapies more and more. Scientists from Germany and China have now combined a chemotherapeutic and photodynamic approach. All agents are encapsulated in nanocapsules...

Oct 13, 2020

Scientists replicated self-cleaning anti-reflective coating of insects' eyes

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Scientists from Russia and Switzerland have probed into nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. Investigating them the team learned how to produce the safe biodegradable nanocoating with antimicrobial, anti-reflective...

Oct 13, 2020

Well-formed disorder for versatile light technologies

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Researchers at ETH have managed to make an efficient material for broadband frequency doubling of light using microspheres made of disordered nanocrystals. The crucial idea for the method arose during a coffee break. In the future, the new approac...

Oct 13, 2020

Researchers discover a cell type responsible for cardiac repair after infarction

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The researcher of the Faculty of Science of the UMA Adrián Ruiz-Villalba, who is also member of the Andalusian Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology (BIONAND) and the Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), is the first author of an i...

Oct 13, 2020

Study first to tally biomass from oceanic plastic debris using visualization method

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Scientists examined cell abundances, size, cellular carbon mass, and how photosynthetic cells differ on polymeric and glass substrates over time, exploring nanoparticle generation from plastic like polystyrene and how this might disrupt microalgae...

Oct 13, 2020

Graphene Detector Reveals THz Light’s Polarization Using Interference of Plasma Waves

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Physicists have created a broadband detector of terahertz radiation based on graphene. The device has potential for applications in communication and next-generation information transmission systems,... The post Graphene Detector Reveals THz Ligh...

Oct 12, 2020

Nanocrystals could drive explosive volcanic eruptions – Physics World

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Small concentrations of tiny nanolites can have deadly consequences The post Nanocrystals could drive explosive volcanic eruptions appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 12, 2020

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