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New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapy.

Jul 20, 2020

New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Arkansas 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...

Jul 20, 2020

Better wastewater treatment? It's a wrap

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A shield of graphene helps particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the free-floating genes in wastewater treatment plants.

Jul 20, 2020

A mechanical way to stimulate neurons

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Magnetic nanodiscs can be activated by an external magnetic field, providing a research tool for studying neural responses.

Jul 20, 2020

A nanoparticle vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 produces signs of immunity in mice and macaques

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new nanoparticle vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has shown hints of protection and immunity in a preclinical study, safely eliciting the production of antibodies and antiviral T cell responses in mice and pigtail macaques.

Jul 20, 2020

COVID-19 replicating RNA vaccine has robust response in nonhuman primates

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A replicating RNA vaccine, formulated with a lipid-based nanoparticle emulsion, produces antibodies against the COVID-19 coronavirus in mice and primates with a single immunization. These antibodies potently neutralize the virus in young and old ...

Jul 20, 2020

How smart, ultrathin nanosheets go fishing for proteins

EurekAlert   -   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.

Jul 20, 2020

High-performance large area electrode system developed for artificial photosynthesis

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A research team of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST), working in cooperation with the Technische Universität Berlin, announced that they had developed a nano-sized, coral-shaped silver catalyst electrode and large-area, high-effi...

Jul 20, 2020

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

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A team led by UNSW scientists 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

Exhaled biomarkers can reveal lung disease

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Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to diagnose pneumonia or other lung diseases by analyzing the breath exhaled by the patient.

Jul 20, 2020

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