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

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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 6, 2020

Echa says only one-sixth of substances containing nanoforms are registered

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Low dossier turnout comes as member states ask for enforcement help

Aug 6, 2020

Echa says only a sixth of substances containing nanoforms are registered

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Low dossier turnout comes as member states ask for enforcement help

Aug 6, 2020

A Quintillion Calculations a Second: DOE Calculating the Benefits of Exascale and Quantum Computers

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A quintillion calculations a second. That’s one with 18 zeros after it. It’s the speed at which an exascale supercomputer will process information. The Department... The post A Quintillion Calculations a Second: DOE Calculating the Benefits of Ex...

Aug 6, 2020

This fruit attracts birds with an unusual way of making itself metallic blue

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Instead of relying solely on pigments, the metallic blue fruits of Viburnum tinus use structural color to reflect blue light, a mechanism rarely seen in plants. Researchers show that the fruits use lipid nanostructures in their cell walls, a previ...

Aug 6, 2020

Anode material for safe batteries with a long cycle life: Lithium lanthanum titanate particles enable high power densities even in micrometer sizes

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Researchers investigated a highly promising anode material for future high-performance batteries - lithium lanthanum titanate with a perovskite crystal structure (LLTO). Researchers can improve the energy density, power density, charging rate, saf...

Aug 6, 2020

A nanoparticle strategy to evaluate tumor photothermal therapy in real-time

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers reported an 'intelligent' strategy of using organic nanoparticles to evaluate photothermal therapy efficiency on tumor in real time.

Aug 6, 2020

A closer look at water-splitting's solar fuel potential: Scientists at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis zero in on bismuth vanadate's role in renewable energy at the nanoscale

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Scientists have gained important new insight into how the performance of a promising semiconducting thin film can be optimized at the nanoscale for renewable energy technologies such as solar fuels.

Aug 6, 2020

Scientists zero in on bismuth vanadate's role in renewable energy at the nanoscale

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Scientists have gained important new insight into what might be happening at the nanoscale to hold bismuth vanadate back as a good candidate for photoelectrical water splitting.

Aug 6, 2020

Template-Free Synthesis of Mesoporous β-MnO2 Nanoparticles

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology explore a novel and simplistic method to synthesize manganese dioxide with a specific crystalline structure called β-MnO2. Their study sheds light on how different synthesis conditions can produce manga...

Aug 6, 2020

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