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Researchers find more precise way to target tumours with anti-cancer drugs

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Using modified nanoparticles to deliver drugs to tumour cells while sparing healthy ones could make treatment more effective,

Jul 3, 2020

Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanomaterials soak up radicals, could aid treatment of COVID-19. Artificial enzymes made of treated charcoal could have the

Jul 3, 2020

Enhancing the performance of solar cells with 'graphene armor'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has come up with a novel electrode that could greatly improve the stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the most promising candidate for the next generation solar cells due to their low cost and h...

Jul 3, 2020

Well shielded but highly active

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Biomacromolecules incorporated into tailored metal–organic frameworks using peptide modulators are well shielded but highly active thanks to carefully tuned nanoarchitecture. As scientists report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, this strategy ca...

Jul 3, 2020

New nano-engineering strategy shows potential for improved advanced energy storage

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers using a strategy called strain-engineering in 2D materials now say new types of cathodes, suitable for advanced energy storage, can be developed using beyond-lithium ion batteries.

Jul 3, 2020

Global Graphene Group Adds More REACH-Certified Products

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Global Graphene Group (G3) has finalized certification for its second and third products with the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). G3’s PS and PDE products join their previously approve...

Jul 3, 2020

Nanoparticles Offer a Promising Way for Treating Cancer, Liver Disorders

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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a safer and more efficient way to deliver a promising new method for treating cancer and liver disorders and for vaccination -- including a COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Therapeutics that ...

Jul 3, 2020

Study Underscores Harmful Effects of Plastic Nanoparticles on Human Health

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Plastic pollution is a critical environmental issue facing the world today, yet the impact of all the microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) that have seeped into the food and beverage supply on...

Jul 3, 2020

Spintronics-Based Nanofluidic Devices Help Explain Mechanism of Hydrodynamic Power Generation

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Researchers in the ERATO Saitoh Spin Quantum Rectification Project in the JST Strategic Basic Research Programs have elucidated the mechanism of the hydrodynamic power generation using spin currents...

Jul 3, 2020

Harvesting hydrogen from nanogardens

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Easily produced, nature-like nanostructures of cobalt phosphide are highly effective catalysts for the electrolysis of water.

Jul 3, 2020

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