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Canadian Coalition for COVID-19 releases 51 promising nanobodies

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A group of Canadian companies has published 51 antibodies that show promising ability to bind the COVID-19 virus which could result in neutralizing the virus.

Aug 20, 2020

Application of rare earth-doped nanoparticles in biological imaging and tumor treatment

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Researchers summarize the recent progress in the application of rare earth-doped nanoparticles in the field of bio-imaging and tumor treatment and discuss the luminescent mechanism, properties, and structure design.

Aug 20, 2020

Stanford scientists slow and steer light with resonant nanoantennas

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Researchers have fashioned ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that trap and redirect light, for applications in quantum computing, LIDAR and even the detection of viruses.

Aug 20, 2020

A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal

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Case Western Reserve University physics professor Giuseppe Strangi and collaborators at Harvard and the Italian university UniCal have taken a step toward making "metalenses" even more useful--by making them reconfigurable. They did th...

Aug 20, 2020

Graphene sensors find subtleties in magnetic fields

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Cornell researchers used an ultrathin graphene "sandwich" to create a tiny magnetic field sensor that can operate over a greater temperature range than previous sensors, while also detecting miniscule changes in magnetic fields that migh...

Aug 20, 2020

Researchers create nanoclusters that mimic biomolecules

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Biological systems come in all shapes, sizes and structures. Some of these structures, such as those found in DNA, RNA and proteins, are formed through complex molecular interactions that are not easily duplicated by inorganic materials.

Aug 20, 2020

Trapping and controlling light at the interface of atomically thin nanomaterials

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In a recent study, scientists at Cornell University propose a novel method by which nanoscale light can be manipulated and transported.

Aug 20, 2020

CU student helps bridge teams at Clemson

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Three teams of researchers at Clemson University have joined forces to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding perovskite nanocrystals, which are semiconductors with numerous applications, including LEDs, lasers, solar cells and photodetectors.

Aug 20, 2020

Aerogel - the micro structural material of the future

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Aerogel is an excellent thermal insulator. So far, however, it has mainly been used on a large scale, for example in environmental technology, in physical experiments or in industrial catalysis. Empa researchers have now succeeded in making aeroge...

Aug 20, 2020

Lipid-Oligonucleotides (LONs) --- Promising materials for bioapplications

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Lipid-oligonucleotides (LONs) are promising biological materials with special amphiphilic structures and unique functionalities of two moieties, contributing to different bioapplications (from biosensors to biomedicines). LONs have been employed i...

Aug 20, 2020

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