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Creating nanomaterials for detecting cancer earlier: The novel method may open new avenues of research beyond biosensors

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

For the first time, a team of scientists has created functional nanomaterials with hollow interiors that can be used to create highly sensitive biosensors for early cancer detection.

Feb 26, 2020

Safe method of adding metal particles to organic nanomaterials paves way for better batteries

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Novel liquid-based method for safe synthesis of carbon-based materials containing ultrafine metallic atoms. The existing method for adding

Feb 26, 2020

Four MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2020

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

New members have made advances in computer architecture, network coding, ocean engineering, higher education, and quantum computation.

Feb 26, 2020

New study allows brain and artificial neurons to link up over the web

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Research on novel nanoelectronics devices has enabled brain neurons and artificial neurons to communicate with each other over the Internet.

Feb 26, 2020

Nanosize device 'uncloaks' cancer cells in mice and reveals them to the immune system

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists report they have designed and successfully tested an experimental, super small package able to deliver molecular signals that tag implanted human cancer cells in mice and make them visible for destruction by the animals' immune sys...

Feb 26, 2020

Small precipitates make big difference in mitigating strength-ductility tradeoff

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, teaming up with scientists from Singapore and the U.S., have found that nanoscale precipitates provide a unique sustainable dislocation source at sufficiently high str...

Feb 26, 2020

Building ultrasensitive and ultrathin phototransistors and photonic synapses using hybrid superstructures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Organic-inorganic halide perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) form an attractive class of materials for optoelectronic applications. Their charge transport properties are, however, inferior compared to materials such as graphene. Conversely, graphene co...

Feb 26, 2020

Nanoscale precipitates make big difference in mitigating strength-ductility tradeoff

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have found that nanoscale precipitates provide a unique sustainable dislocation source at sufficiently high stress.

Feb 26, 2020

Weak forces are strong enough to align semiconductor nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A PNNL research team has discovered that atomic forces thought to be "weak" can actually exert more control than has been understood. And that new discovery, published February 25 in the journal Nature Communications, could help better p...

Feb 26, 2020

New technique to create nanomaterials may help detect cancer earlier

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For the first time, a team of scientists has created functional nanomaterials with hollow interiors that can be used to create highly sensitive biosensors for early cancer detection.

Feb 26, 2020

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