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Inhibiting thrombin protects against dangerous infant digestive disease

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A new preclinical study by researchers at the University of South Florida Health (USF Health) Morsani College of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine offers promise of a specific treatment for NEC, a rare inflammatory bowel dis...

May 5, 2020

Heating could be the best way to disinfect N95 masks for reuse

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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, N95 face masks have been in short supply. Health care workers, in particular, desperately need these masks to protect themselves from the respiratory droplets of infected patients. But because of the sh...

May 5, 2020

Imaging technology allows visualization of nanoscale structures inside whole cells

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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 4, 2020

Diamond nanothreads could beat batteries for energy storage, theoretical study suggests – Physics World

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Tiny bundles could also be used as artificial muscles The post Diamond nanothreads could beat batteries for energy storage, theoretical study suggests appeared first on Physics World.

May 4, 2020

Imaging technology allows visualization of nanoscale structures inside whole cells: Tool could allow for better understanding for diseases affecting the brain, regenerative therapies

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New technology allows scientists to measure wavefront distortions induced by the specimen, either a cell or a tissue, directly from the signals generated by single molecules -- tiny light sources attached to the cellular structures of interest.

May 4, 2020

Wyss Institute and Cytosurge collaborate to improve CRISPR multiplexing

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Today, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Cytosurge AG, a company manufacturing unique high-precision nanotechnology instruments, announced that they will collaboratively investigate CRISPR-based app...

May 4, 2020

New imaging technology allows visualization of nanoscale structures inside whole cells and tissues

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New technology allows scientists to measure wavefront distortions induced by the specimen, either a cell or a tissue, directly from the signals generated by single molecules - tiny light sources attached to the cellular structures of interest.

May 4, 2020

Outer tube-selectively boron-doped double-walled carbon nanotubes for thermoelectric applications

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Carbon nanotubes, the tiny hollow tube of hexagonal carbon lattices has been touted as one of the most promising materials for building items with fascinating electrical, thermal and mechanical properties. Selective functionality is realized by ad...

May 4, 2020

User research at BESSY II: How new materials increase the efficiency of direct ethanol fuel cells

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Researchers have investigated a novel composite membrane for ethanol fuel cells. It consists of the polymer Nafion, in which nanoparticles of a titanium compound are embedded by the rarely explored melt extrusion process.

May 4, 2020

Preventing cancer recurrence thanks to nanotechnologies

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The project XtraUS - Fighting cancer relapse with remote activation of smart and targeted nanoconstructs - is aimed at testing and validating an innovative technology to contrast the presence of circulating cancer cells in the bloodstream and to ...

May 4, 2020

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