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Inkjet printed silver/graphene flexible composite electrodes enable high-performance supercapacitors

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at the Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic) and Lodz University of Technology (Poland) have developed a silver/graphene flexible composite electrode using inkjet printing technology for high-performance supercapacitors.

Oct 31, 2024

Bio Graphene Solutions announces successful graphene-enhanced concrete trial

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Bio Graphene Solutions (BGS) has shared results of a successful trial with "one of North America’s premier precast concrete manufacturers", which reportedly saw a significant material improvement and cost savings using the BGS patent-pen...

Oct 31, 2024

Novel graphene-based sensor system rapidly detects toxic gas

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Researchers at the University of Virginia, Ajou University and Soongsil University have developed an AI-powered system that mimics the human sense of smell to detect and track toxic gases in real time. Using advanced artificial neural networks com...

Oct 30, 2024

Implantable microparticles can deliver two cancer therapies at once

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers designed tiny particles that can be implanted at a cancer tumor site, where they deliver two types of therapy: heat and chemotherapy.

Oct 29, 2024

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics raises $50 million Series B to advance graphene-based brain-computer interface technology

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INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, a brain-computer interface therapeutics (BCI-Tx) company developing graphene-based neural technologies, has announced the closing of a $50 million Series B financing round. The round was led by imec.xpand with new investo...

Oct 29, 2024

What if you eat nanoplastics?

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a laboratory set-up simulating the human stomach and intestine, researchers at the University of Amsterdam have explored the fate of plastic nanoparticles during gastrointestinal digestion. In a paper in Chemosphere, they report how a range of ...

Oct 28, 2024

Researchers propose novel biosensor for miRNA assay

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are valuable biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of diseases. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of miRNAs which play i...

Oct 28, 2024

Novel self-cleaning electrode developed for alkaline-earth metal peroxide synthesis

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Metal peroxide (MO2, M=Ca, Sr, Ba) is an alternative to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). It has excellent oxidative properties, superior chemical stability, high purity, and is easy to store and transport. It has been widely used in wastewater treatment ...

Oct 28, 2024

The gold standard: Researchers enhance cardiology imaging by using gold nanoparticles

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Researchers at the University of Ottawa have made a breakthrough in heart disease diagnostics. They have developed a new type of contrast agent for a medical imaging technique called intravascular optical coherence tomography (IV-OCT). This new ag...

Oct 28, 2024

Rapid liquid biopsy method to capture extracellular vesicles offers avenue to affordable cancer diagnosis

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There are billions of tiny packets of cellular material called extracellular vesicles (EVs) that are produced by cells and released into each person's blood, saliva, and other bodily fluids. EVs contain invaluable information, such as protein...

Oct 28, 2024

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