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How smart, ultrathin nanosheets go fishing for proteins

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An interdisciplinary team from Frankfurt and Jena has developed a kind of bait with which to fish protein complexes out of mixtures. Thanks to this 'bait,' the desired protein is available much faster for further examination in the elect...

Jul 20, 2020

New fabrics with antiviral properties

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Brazilian textile companies have begun producing and marketing fabrics treated with silver and silica nanoparticles developed by the research groups at the Center for Functional Materials (CDMF) and the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Labo...

Jul 20, 2020

How smart, ultrathin nanosheets go fishing for proteins: Faster and simpler production of high-resolution, three-dimensional electron microscopy images of biomolecules

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

An interdisciplinary team has developed a kind of bait with which to fish protein complexes out of mixtures.

Jul 20, 2020

Scientists strengthen quantum building blocks in milestone critical for scale-up

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have significantly increased the coherence time of a spin-orbit qubit in silicon, allowing them to preserve quantum information for longer. These results open up a new pathway to scale silicon quantum computers.

Jul 20, 2020

How to cut atom-sized 2D materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers has developed a high-precision technology to carve tiny patterns into atomically thin particles for potential applications in manufacturing electronic and photonic nanodevices.

Jul 20, 2020

Study brings researchers one step closer to produce and blend medicines on a microscopic scale

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

For the first time, a single, twisted nanoparticle has been accurately measured and characterised in a lab, taking scientists one vital step closer to a time when medicines will be produced and blended on a microscopic scale.

Jul 20, 2020

How to teach gold nanoclusters to tell left from right

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Some molecules exist in two different configurations, one being the mirror image of the other, with right and left side reversed. Normally, it is extremely difficult to produce only one of these two variants. Specially treated gold clusters are no...

Jul 20, 2020

New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells

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Researchers have developed a new drug candidate that kills triple negative breast cancer cells. The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapy.

Jul 20, 2020

A plot twist in pharmaceuticals: Single nanoparticles could pave the way for medicines on demand

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

For the first time, a single, twisted nanoparticle has been accurately measured and characterized in a lab, taking scientists one vital step closer to a time when medicines will be produced and blended on a microscopic scale.

Jul 20, 2020

High-performance large area electrode system developed for artificial photosynthesis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Coral-type, high-efficiency, silver nano catalyst electrode developed for large areas; basis established for the commercialization of an electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion system that uses carbon dioxide in a gaseous state.

Jul 20, 2020

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