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Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab: 3D nanoparticles and magnetic spin

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Researchers at Berkeley Lab have captured 3D images of nanoparticles in liquid with atomic precision, and developed an ultrathin electrical switch that could further miniaturize computing devices and personal electronics without loss of performance.

Apr 9, 2020

TU Dresden chemists develop noble metal aerogels for electrochemical hydrogen production

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Alexander von Humboldt research fellow Ran Du fabricates various noble metal aerogels (NMAs), and pioneers demonstrating their impressive performance for pH-universal electrocatalysis for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), hydrogen evolution reactio...

Apr 9, 2020

Construction of sintering resistant Pt based catalyst based on 'composite energy well' model

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A recent study reported a new approach that can effectively inhibit the migration and agglomeration of supported nanoparticles by fabrication of a model catalyst Pt/CeO2/NiAl2O4/Al2O3@SiO2. This catalyst is highly stable with the microstructure un...

Apr 9, 2020

Researchers synthesize gold nanoparticles capable of attacking cancer cells

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A team of NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) researchers have developed a new, one-pot synthetic approach to obtain water-stable and "ready to use" gold nanoparticles that can be heated with a simple green laser, improving the gold nanoparticles'...

Apr 8, 2020

Nanoparticles offer large potential for brain cancer treatment

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Scientists describe a small carbon nanoparticle engineered by the two labs that could both deliver chemotherapy drugs across the blood-brain barrier and mark tumor cells with fluorescence in mice. What's more, this nanoparticle is incredibly ...

Apr 8, 2020

New 'refrigerator' super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures

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Technique may enable molecule-based quantum computing.

Apr 8, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A twist connecting magnetism and electronic-band topology: Combined optical and torque measurements establish the microscopic mechanism linking magnetism and electronic-band topology in a Dirac material

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Dirac matter is an intriguing class of materials with rather peculiar properties: electrons in these materials behave as if they had no mass. The most prominent Dirac material is graphene, but further...

Apr 8, 2020

New 'refrigerator' super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures

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Physicists have found a way to cool molecules of sodium lithium down to 200 billionths of a Kelvin, just a hair above absolute zero. They did so by applying a technique called collisional cooling, in which they immersed molecules of cold sodium li...

Apr 8, 2020

Photothermal Ablation of Endometriosis Possible Using Nanomedicine

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Using photoresponsive nanoparticles loaded with dye, researchers at the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy and the Oregon National Primate Research Center have developed a way to identify and remove lesions associated with endometriosis, ...

Apr 8, 2020

Nanodiagnostics for early stage disease detection

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Researchers used nanotechnology in biomedical diagnostics - a process called nanodiagnostics - to create a new, ultrasensitive DNA biosensor. The new sensor could potentially detect DNA-based biomarkers for early diagnosis of cancer and genetic di...

Apr 8, 2020

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