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Obesity prevented in mice treated with gene-disabling nanoparticles

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Disabling a gene in specific mouse cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have

May 5, 2020

Obesity prevented in mice treated with gene-disabling nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Disabling a gene in specific mouse cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have prevented mice from becoming obese, even after the animals had been fed a high-fat diet.

May 5, 2020

Scientists produce a magnetic nanocrystal with many potential applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Spinels are oxides with chemical formulas of the type AB2O4, where A is a divalent metal cation (positive ion), B is a trivalent metal cation, and O is oxygen. Spinels are valued for their beauty, which derives from the molecules' spatial con...

May 5, 2020

Nanohybrid Material Could be Activated Against Tumor Cells in Blood

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

When a tumor enters in the stage of regression and the patient is considered as healed, there often remains the fear of recurrence, a disease that unfortunately has a certain incidence.

May 5, 2020

New Technology to Reveal Nanoscale Architectures of Specimen Constituents

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Since Robert Hooke's first description of a cell in Micrographia 350 years ago, microscopy has played an important role in understanding the rules of life.

May 5, 2020

An artificial 'tongue' of gold to taste maple syrup

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A chemistry professor has developed a new test using gold nanoparticles to establish the flavor profile of maple syrup and help producers evaluate its quality.

May 5, 2020

Quantum Computing at Room Temperature By 2030 | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Transparent crystals with optical nonlinearities could enable quantum computing at room temperature by 2030. Army Researchers and Dr. Mikkel Heuck and Prof. Dirk Englund of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated the feasibilit...

May 5, 2020

An artificial 'tongue' of gold to taste maple syrup

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

It's said that maple syrup is Quebec's liquid gold. Now scientists have found a way to use real gold -- in the form of nanoparticles -- to quickly find out how the syrup tastes.

May 5, 2020

Drops of nanoparticles self-stir and communicate

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of self-organization of active matter. When photochemically active nanoparticles are enclosed at high density within a drop and are exposed to UV light, a self-organized flow pattern emerges by spontaneo...

May 5, 2020

Hydrogen and nanomaterials may transform energy industry

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists argue that hydrogen, used as a zero-carbon energy carrier, has the potential to significantly transform the global energy landscape.

May 5, 2020

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