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Scientists propose nanoparticles that can treat cancer with magnetic fluid hyperthermia

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A group of Russian scientists have synthesized manganese-zinc ferrite nanoparticles that can potentially be used in cancer treatment. Due to their unique magnetic properties, the particles can serve as deactivators of affected cells while having a...

Mar 6, 2020

Comprehensive review of heterogeneously integrated 2D materials

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In a paper published in NANO, a group of researchers from Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea provide a comprehensive review of heterogeneously integrated two dimensional (2D) materials from an extensive library of atomic 2D materials with select...

Mar 6, 2020

Exploring the deep tissues using photoacoustic imaging

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Prof. Chulhong Kim and his research team developed a photoacoustic imaging modality, using a nickel-based nanoparticle and cheap laser.

Mar 6, 2020

A filter for cleaner qubits

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Researchers at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), RIKEN, and the University of Tokyo show theoretically how coupling an additional filter qubit to the control line of a quantum computer can greatly increase the lifetime of the informa...

Mar 6, 2020

Nanoscale 4D printing technique may speed development of new therapeutics

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Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY (CUNY ASRC) and Northwestern University have created a 4D printer capable of constructing patterned surfaces that recreate the complexity of cell surfaces. The techno...

Mar 6, 2020

'Magnonic nanoantennas': optically-inspired computing with spin waves one step closer

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A new methodology for generating and manipulating spin waves in nanostructured magnetic materials opens the way to developing nano-processors for extraordinarily quick and energy efficient analog processing of information.

Mar 5, 2020

'Tickling' an atom to investigate the behavior of materials

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Scientists and engineers working at the frontier of nanotechnology face huge challenges. When the position of a single atom in a material may change the fundamental properties of that material, scientists need something in their toolbox to measure...

Mar 5, 2020

New Study Focuses on Opportunities and Challenges of Luminescent Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Contemporary society may not realize that it is working closer to the nanoscale. Advances and breakthroughs in creating and exploiting nanostructures have resulted in technological improvements that...

Mar 5, 2020

Multitasking Graphene Device May Advance Quantum Information Science

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene was discovered in 2004 and since that time, researchers have looked at many different ways to put this atomically thin and gifted two-dimensional (2D) material to work.   An optical...

Mar 5, 2020

Tissue-digging nanodrills do just enough damage

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Molecule-sized drills do the damage they are designed to do. That's bad news for disease.

Mar 5, 2020

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