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AFM and Nonlinear Optics Combine to Improve Optical Defect Detection

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A technique for detecting nanosize imperfections in optical materials could lead to improvements in detector technologies for applications ranging from cellphones to solar cells. The technique developed by a McGill University research team uses at...

Aug 7, 2020

New Nanoparticle Technology Reveals Common Marker of Heart Disease

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new technique developed by scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) integrates high-precision protein measurement with sticky nanoparticles to capture and study a...

Aug 7, 2020

Nanoparticle system captures heart-disease biomarker from blood for in-depth analysis

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a method combining sticky nanoparticles with high-precision protein measurement to capture and analyze a common marker of heart disease to reveal details that were previously inacce...

Aug 7, 2020

Nanotronics forms new subsidiary, Nanotronics Health, LLC, to accelerate innovation in the medical device industry

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanotronics today announced the formation of Nanotronics Health, LLC, a healthcare technology company whose mission is to create urgently needed medical devices that are accessible, affordable, easy to use, and intelligently designed.

Aug 7, 2020

Layer of nanoparticles could improve LED performance and lifetime

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Adding a layer of nanoparticles to LED designs could help them produce more light for the same energy, and also increase their lifetime.

Aug 7, 2020

Epirubicin-loaded nanomedicines beat immune checkpoint blockade resistance in glioblastoma

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A nanomedicine-based strategy for chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) of glioblastoma (GBM), which has the worst prognosis among brain tumors, was successfully developed.

Aug 7, 2020

A titanate nanowire mask that can eliminate pathogens

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Researchers in Lásló Forró's lab at EPFL, Switzerland, are working on a membrane made of titanium oxide nanowires, similar in appearance to filter paper but with antibacterial and antiviral properties. Their material works by using the photoc...

Aug 7, 2020

Intranasal vaccine platform has potential for more effective vaccines, fewer side effects

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is shining a spotlight on vaccine development. As numerous vaccines race through clinical trials, physicians and researchers continue to develop new vaccine technologies to generate the most effective vaccines with th...

Aug 7, 2020

Quantum dots track two-dimensional diffusion in cells – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Experiments shed light on the processes that transport molecules around the intracellular fluid The post Quantum dots track two-dimensional diffusion in cells appeared first on Physics World.

Aug 6, 2020

Nanoparticle system captures heart-disease biomarker from blood for in-depth analysis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a method combining sticky nanoparticles with high-precision protein measurement to capture and analyze a common marker of heart disease to reveal details that were previously inaccessible.

Aug 6, 2020

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