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Remote control of hormone release with magnetic nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed magnetic nanoparticles that can stimulate the adrenal gland to produce stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.

Apr 13, 2020

Researchers achieve remote control of hormone release using magnetic nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Abnormal levels of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol are linked to a variety of mental health disorders, including depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). MIT researchers have now devised a way to remotely control the re...

Apr 13, 2020

Researchers Create Inexpensive Broad Spectrum Photodetector

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Researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a low-cost broadband photodetector that uses a metal-organic framework (MOF). As it does not contain any cost-intensive raw materials, it can be produced inexpensively in ...

Apr 13, 2020

Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals

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Rice University engineers put to rest a long-held theory about the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to detect oil and gas deposits in the nanoscale pores of shale formations.

Apr 13, 2020

Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3D

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A team of scientists including researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II have demonstrated a new technique for imaging proteins in 3D with nanoscale resolution. Their work, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, e...

Apr 13, 2020

Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic enable new infrared detectors

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MIPT scientists and their colleagues from Japan and the U.S. have calculated the parameters of photodetectors comprised by layers of graphene and a combination of black phosphorus and black arsenic. These sensors are able to detect radiation with ...

Apr 13, 2020

UCI-led team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds

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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have closed-cell plate-nanolattices that are stronger than diamonds in terms of a ratio of strength to density. The performance of this arrangement had been theorized but n...

Apr 13, 2020

New Colloidal Quantum Dot Photovoltaic Commercialization Technology

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Successful development of photovoltaic commercialization technology with improved quantum dot efficiency.

Apr 12, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Hair surface engineering to be advanced by nano vehicles: This new researched technology can help both drug delivery and hair cosmetics industry

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

"Hair surface engineering: modification of fibrous materials of biological origin using functional ceramic nano containers", a project headed by Rawil Fakhrullin, is supported by the Russian Science F...

Apr 12, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Development of new photovoltaic commercialization technology: The cause for efficiency degradation in an actual operating environment has been identified, with proposal of material processing method for improving performance stability

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A technology to further accelerate the commercialization of Colloidal Quantum Dot(CQD) Photovoltaic(PV) devices, which are expected to be next-generation photovoltaic devices, has been developed.

Apr 12, 2020

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