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Breaking down stubborn cellulose in timelapse

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Researchers at TU Graz in Austria have for the first time ever succeeded in visualizing at the single-molecule level the processes involved in a biological nanomachine, known as the cellulosome, as it degrades crystalline cellulose. The fundamenta...

May 20, 2020

New integrated device for nanometer-scale sensing

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Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have developed a new, integrated optical sensor that provides increased resolution in measurements and paves the way for fully integrated and compact optical sensors including lasers and detectors ...

May 20, 2020

Nanobowls serve up chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes -- hollow spheres made of lipid bilayers -- to deliver chemotherapy drugs to tumor cells. But drugs can sometimes leak out of liposomes before they reach their destination, reducing the do...

May 20, 2020

Visualizing at the single-molecule level the processes involved in a biological nanomachine

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have for the first time ever succeeded in visualizing at the single-molecule level the processes involved in a biological nanomachine, known as the cellulosome, as it degrades crystalline cellulose. The fundamental insights thus obtain...

May 20, 2020

'Nanometrology lab on a chip' within reach thanks to new compact, optical sensor

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a new, integrated optical sensor that provides increased resolution in measurements and paves the way for fully integrated and compact optical sensors including lasers and detectors for on-chip sensing platforms.

May 20, 2020

Novel Technology to Trap Multiplexed Submicron Particles Within Nanocavities

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The fusion of fluid mechanics and acoustics is known as acoustofluidics, which offers a contact-free, quick, and effective handling of fluids and suspended particles. Massively multiplexed submicron...

May 20, 2020

Nanobowls serve up chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells

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For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes—hollow spheres made of lipid bilayers—to deliver chemotherapy drugs to tumor cells. But drugs can sometimes leak out of liposomes before they reach their destination, reducing the dose rec...

May 20, 2020

Nanobowls serve up chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers report a way to stabilize liposomes by embedding a stiff nanobowl in their inner cavity.

May 20, 2020

3D-Patterned Nanocellulose Could Lead to Advanced Optical, Thermal Devices

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

At The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research of Osaka University, a team of researchers has devised a new liquid-phase fabrication method for synthesizing nanocellulose films with multiple...

May 20, 2020

Superconductors with ‘zeitgeist’ – when materials differentiate between the past and the future

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Physicists at TU Dresden have discovered spontaneous static magnetic fields with broken time-reversal symmetry in a class of iron-based superconductors. This exceptional property calls for new theoretical models and may become important in quantu...

May 20, 2020

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