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Nanofiber patch for psoriasis treatment has dual release functionality

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a patch for easier and more effective treatment of psoriasis. The method may also be used in treatment of other inflammatory skin diseases.

Nov 12, 2024

Low-cost method removes micro- and nanoplastics from water

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the removal of micro- and nanoplastics from water. Their research is published in the journal Micron.

Nov 12, 2024

System enables high-throughput, parallel control of nanoliter-scale cell cultures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists manipulating living cells face a fundamental challenge: working with thousands of samples at the nanoliter scale – volumes measured in billionths of a liter. At this scale, researchers can dramatically reduce the volume of expensive rea...

Nov 12, 2024

Little-understood physics in gallium-nitride LEDs garners UCSB’s Jim Speck a prestigious Vannevar Bush award

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

UC Santa Barbara materials professor Jim Speck is one of only 11 people — from an initial group of 170 applicants, 27 of whom were invited to submit full proposals — to receive a prestigious 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF).

Nov 12, 2024

New method enables materials that combine graphene and metals

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from CNR-IOM, University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Trieste and University of Vienna have developed a method to create new materials that combine the extraordinary properties of single metal atoms with the robustness, flexibility...

Nov 12, 2024

New microscope shows live imaging of nanoscale biological process for the first time

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In Nijmegen, Netherlands, researchers have installed the world's first microscope capable of live imaging of biological processes in such detail that moving protein complexes are visible. This new microscopic technique was developed by resear...

Nov 11, 2024

Study reveals why carbon boosts metal nanoparticle catalysts

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Precious metals play an important role in the chemical industry as catalysts: With the help of silver, platinum, palladium or other elements, chemical reactions can take place that would otherwise not progress or would only progress at a much lowe...

Nov 11, 2024

One-step, high-speed, thermal-electric aerosol printing of piezoelectric bio-organic films

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Amidst the ongoing surge in demand for bio-MEMS, wearable/implantable electronics and bio-tissue therapeutics, the pursuit of piezoelectric biomaterials has become a priority, thanks to their remarkable electromechanical properties, biocompatibili...

Nov 11, 2024

Storm in a laser beam: Physicists create 'light hurricanes' that could transport huge amounts of data

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The discovery, centred around controlling tiny hurricanes of light and electromagnetic fields, could revolutionise how much information we can deliver over cables.

Nov 11, 2024

Two hundred times better catalysts thanks to carbon

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

How well a catalyst works often depends on the surface it is placed on. For years, it has been known that carbon substrates work well with precious metal catalysts, but it could never be properly explained. Now scientists managed to get to the bot...

Nov 11, 2024

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