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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanoparticles: Acidic alert

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Researchers of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have synthesized nanoparticles that can be induced by a change in pH to release a deadly dose of ionized iron within cells. This mechanis...

Apr 18, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: RIT researchers build micro-device to detect bacteria, viruses: New process improves lab-on-chip devices to isolate drug-resistant strains of bacterial infection, viruses

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Engineering researchers developed a next-generation miniature lab device that uses magnetic nano-beads to isolate minute bacterial particles that cause diseases. Using this new technology improves how...

Apr 18, 2020

New MIT ‘Refrigerator’ Super-Cools Molecules to Nanokelvin Temperatures

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Technique may enable molecule-based quantum computing. For years, scientists have looked for ways to cool molecules down to ultracold temperatures, at which point the molecules... The post New MIT ‘Refrigerator’ Super-Cools Molecules to Nanokelvi...

Apr 18, 2020

Researchers achieve remote control of hormone release

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Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to stress.

Apr 17, 2020

Micro-device to detect bacteria, viruses: New process improves lab-on-chip devices to isolate drug-resistant strains of bacterial infection, viruses

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Scientists designed a next-generation miniature lab device that uses magnetic nano-beads to isolate minute bacterial particles that cause diseases. This new technology improves how clinicians isolate drug-resistant strains of bacterial infections ...

Apr 17, 2020

New 2-D Catalyst Fits Two Co-Catalysts on One Nanosheet for Better Water Purification

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A collaboration of scientists from the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility at DOE’s Brookhaven... The post New 2-D Catalyst Fits Two Co-Catalysts on One Nanosheet for Be...

Apr 17, 2020

New Nanoscopic Pore Gas Storage for Next-Generation Clean Energy Vehicles

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Tremendous amounts of hydrogen and methane can be stored in nanoscopic pores. A research team led by Northwestern University has designed and synthesized new materials... The post New Nanoscopic Pore Gas Storage for Next-Generation Clean Energy V...

Apr 17, 2020

13,000-Year-Old Fossils Hint at Evolutionary Origins of Insects’ Structural Colors

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Analysis of 13,000-year-old fossils suggest photonic nanostructures in insects, which create colorful iridescent colors, may have originated as a means of camouflage. Researchers from Yale-NUS... The post 13,000-Year-Old Fossils Hint at Evolution...

Apr 17, 2020

Nanoparticles: Acidic alert

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Researchers have synthesized nanoparticles that can be induced by a change in pH to release a deadly dose of ionized iron within cells. This mechanism could potentially open up new approaches to the targeted elimination of malignant tumors.

Apr 17, 2020

Nanoparticles: Acidic alert

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Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have synthesized nanoparticles that can be induced by a change in pH to release a deadly dose of ionized iron within cells. This mechanism could potentially open up new approaches to t...

Apr 17, 2020

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