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Researchers show how nanocellulose form highly robust materials

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Cohesion, the ability to keep things together, from the scale of nanoparticles to building sites is inherent to these nanofibrils, which can act as mortar to a nearly infinite type of particles as described in the study.

May 12, 2020

Silver nanocubes make point-of-care diagnostics easier to read

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Engineers at Duke University have shown that nanosized silver cubes can make diagnostic tests that rely on fluorescence easier to read by making them more than 150 times brighter. Combined with an emerging point-of-care diagnostic platform already...

May 12, 2020

Hollow-core fiber raises prospects for next-generation scientific instruments

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Hollow-core fiber technology developed in the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics exhibits up to 1,000 times better polarization purity than state-of-the-art solid core fibers.

May 12, 2020

Antiferromagnetic fluoride nanocrystals

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Recently, researchers from Peking University, Shenzhen University and National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) report that the altered passivation of specified facets can direct the synthesis of fluoride nanocrystals into dimension-controll...

May 12, 2020

New weapon identified in arsenal against disease

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New research describes the structure and composition of supramolecular attack particles (SMAPs) and their role in killing targeted cells. Identified as having a core of cytotoxic proteins surrounded by a glycoprotein shell the SMAPs are released b...

May 12, 2020

Scientists Discover How to Control Light on the Nanoscale Over Wide Frequency Ranges

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An international team led by researchers from the University of Oviedo and the Centre for Research in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (CINN-CSIC), together with scientist from... The post Scientists Discover How to Control Light on the Nanoscale ...

May 11, 2020

Defective graphene has high electrocatalytic activity

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Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Skoltech, and the Russian Academy of Sciences Joint Institute for High Temperatures have conducted a theoretical study of the effects of defects in graphene on electron transfer at th...

May 11, 2020

Nanostimulators boost stem cells for muscle repair

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In regenerative medicine, an ideal treatment for patients whose muscles are damaged from lack of oxygen would be

May 11, 2020

Material manufacturing from particles takes a giant step forward

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Tiny fibrils extracted from plants have been getting a lot of attention for their strength. These nanomaterials have shown great promise in outperforming plastics, and even replacing them. A team has now shown another remarkable property of nanoce...

May 11, 2020

Imaging Technology Enables Superresolution Inside Whole Cells

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Purdue University researchers have developed a technology that enables 3D superresolution imaging inside whole-cell or tissue specimens. The technology allows scientists to locate the positions of biomolecules inside whole cells and tissues with a...

May 11, 2020

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