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Better understanding of nature's nanomachines may help in design of future drugs

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Many of the drugs and medicines that we rely on today are natural products taken from microbes like bacteria and fungi. Within these microbes, the drugs are made by tiny natural machines - mega-enzymes known as nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NR...

Apr 30, 2020

Intricate magnetic configuration of 3D nanoscale gyroid networks revealed

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A multinational team of researchers has revealed the magnetic states of nanoscale gyroids, 3D chiral network-like nanostructures. The findings add a new candidate system for research into unconventional information processing and emergent phenomen...

Apr 30, 2020

Ultra-Precision Nanoscale Bio-Probe Could Detect Iron Disorders

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chronic iron imbalances - having either too little or too much iron in the blood - can result in medical conditions ranging from anemia and hemochromatosis through to more severe diseases, such as...

Apr 30, 2020

Optical 'nanomixer': Scientists propose new method for mixing liquids

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists propose a method that can help solve problem of controlling over the mixing speed: they decided to use the so-called radiation pressure.

Apr 30, 2020

Optical 'nanomixer': Scientists propose new method for mixing liquids

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists propose a method that can help solve problem of controlling over the mixing speed: they decided to use the so-called radiation pressure.

Apr 30, 2020

Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of Alzheimer's plaques

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a multidisciplinary study, scientists have developed an approach to prevent plaque formation by engineering a nano-sized device that captures the dangerous peptides before they can self-assemble.

Apr 30, 2020

Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of Alzheimer's plaques

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a multidisciplinary study, scientists have developed an approach to prevent plaque formation by engineering a nano-sized device that captures the dangerous peptides before they can self-assemble.

Apr 30, 2020

A spin on a topological insulator: Hybrid approach to magnetic topological states of matter

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Controlling the interactions at the interface of a magnetic/topological insulator heterostructure is an outstanding challenge with implications in fundamental science and technology. A research led by the ICN2 Atomic Manipulation and Spectroscopy ...

Apr 30, 2020

Intricate magnetic configuration of 3-D nanoscale gyroid networks revealed

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A multinational team of researchers from Tohoku University and institutions in the UK, Germany and Switzerland has revealed the magnetic states of nanoscale gyroids, 3-D chiral network-like nanostructures. The findings add a new candidate system f...

Apr 30, 2020

Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of Alzheimer's plaques

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, affecting one in 10 people over the age of 65. Scientists are engineering nanodevices to disrupt processes in the brain that lead to the disease.

Apr 30, 2020

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